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High-temperature oxidation of tungsten wires in CO$sub 2$--Ar mixtures

Journal Article · · Met. Trans., v. 5, no. 1, pp. 35-38
OSTI ID:4364214
The oxidation kinetics of tungsten wires in natural convection has been investigated in CO/sub 2/-- argon mixtures in the temperature range between 2450 and 3000 deg K and the CO/sub 2/ partial pressure range between 2.13 x 10/sup -5/ to 1.28 x 10/sup -4/ atm at 0.789 atm total pressure. The rate generally decreases with increasing temperature at constant bulk CO/sub 2/ pressure with a magnitude ranging between 0.5 to 5 x 10/sup -6/ g/cm/sup 2/ s. The oxidation reaction is gas transport controlled as demonstrated by supplemental measurements at 0.395 atm total pressure. A volatile oxide counter diffusion model, which has been previously proposed to explain the oxidation kinetics of tungsten wires in O/ sub 2/-argon mixtures, is in reasonable agreement with the data. (auth)
Research Organization:
Westinghouse Research Labs., Pittsburgh
NSA Number:
NSA-29-018854
OSTI ID:
4364214
Journal Information:
Met. Trans., v. 5, no. 1, pp. 35-38, Journal Name: Met. Trans., v. 5, no. 1, pp. 35-38; ISSN MTGTB
Country of Publication:
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Language:
English