Accession Number:

AD0760176

Title:

Oxide Growth Rates on Magnesium.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept. 13 Oct 71-13 Oct 72,

Corporate Author:

CLEMSON UNIV S C COLL OF ENGINEERING

Personal Author(s):

• Wolf,James S.

Report Date:

1973-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

153.0

Abstract:

During the heating of metals with high-power-density lasers, the undesirable phenomenon of thermal runaway occurs which leads to the destruction of the workpiece. The objective of this research program has been to secure information which will provide a basis for understanding the processes involved in thermal runaway. This was done by studying various parameters of the high-temperature, magnesium-oxygen interaction using specimens which were heated by infrared radiation to temperatures approaching or exceeding the melting point of magnesium. Heating was performed in oxidizing atmospheres at controlled rates up to 115C per second. Author Modified Abstract

Descriptors:

• (*MAGNESIUM
• OXIDATION)
• MAGNESIUM OXIDES
• LASERS
• HEATING
• THERMAL PROPERTIES

Subject Categories:

• Physical Chemistry
• Metallurgy and Metallography

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE