Accession Number:
AD0256150
Title:
A STUDY OF EQUILIBRIUM IN THE REDUCTION OF BERYLLIUM OXIDE WITH CARBON AT HIGH TEMPERATURES
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Corporate Author:
FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIV WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO
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Report Date:
1960-11-07
Pagination or Media Count:
1.0
Abstract:
The equilibrium in a beryllium oxide-carbon system is studied by the manometric method in the range 1400-2000 C. Equilibrium pressure can be reached only in the temperature range 1700-1950 K. The reduction products at these temperatures contained beryllium carbide and unreacted beryllium oxide and carbon. At higher temperatures the pressure of the carbon monoxide at first reaches a maximum, and then begins to decrease sharply, never reaching a definite value. The dependence of the change in free energy on temperature was of a linear nature. The conclusion is made that in the 1700-1950 K interval an equilibrium state exists corresponding to the reaction whereby 12 Be2C solid and CO gas are the products. Author