Accession Number:

AD0435863

Title:

A PLASMA ARC TECHNIQUE FOR THE SPECTROCHEMICAL DETERMINATION OF TITANIUM AND ZIRCONIUM IN MOLYBDENUM,

Descriptive Note:

Rept. Sep-Dec 63,

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE MATERIALS LAB WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO

Personal Author(s):

• Muntz,James H.

Report Date:

1964-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

14.0

Abstract:

A plasma arc technique has been developed for the spectrochemical determination of titanium and zirconium in molybdenum alloys. Titanium is determined in the 0.25 to 1.5 percent range and zirconium in the 0.05 to 0.4 percent range with an overall precision of about 5 percent and an accuracy which approaches the precision. Sensitivity for the zirconium determination is achieved by using high gas flow and high amperage. Molybdenum is used as the internal standard and a background correction is necessary to produce a straight line analytical curve for zirconium over the concentration range of interest. Author

Descriptors:

• (*MOLYBDENUM ALLOYS
• CHEMICAL ANALYSIS)
• (*TITANIUM
• CHEMICAL ANALYSIS)
• (*ZIRCONIUM
• CHEMICAL ANALYSIS)
• ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS
• PLASMA JETS
• EXCITATION
• LINE SPECTRA
• HYDROGEN PEROXIDE
• SULFURIC ACID
• TITANIUM ALLOYS

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE