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Crystallization and vaporization studies on synthetic coal slag compositions. [18 refs]

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7291207
Insight as to the chemical behavior of coal slags accumulating on the walls of MHD systems can be gained by examining the results of high temperature experiments on K/sub 2/O-CaO-Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/-SiO/sub 2/ mixtures. An increase in CaO content may increase a/sub K/sub 2/O/ appreciably for certain compositions. Potassium aluminate-silica solid solutions, some of which are relatively water soluble, occur over a significant range of silica-poor and Ca-rich compositions at 1400/sup 0/C. Two synthetic slags, with compositions falling close to an observed distribution of coal ash analyses, have been studied with the mass spectrometer using the Knudsen effusion technique. One slag having initially 15 wt percent CaO yielded a higher K pressure at 10 wt percent K/sub 2/O than a K/sub 2/O-SiO/sub 2/ solution containing 30 wt percent K/sub 2/O. A second slag with relatively high SiO/sub 2/ and AI/sub 2/O/sub 3/ and 13 wt percent K/sub 2/O gave a K pressure above that of a K/sub 2/O-SiO/sub 2/ solution with 20 wt percent K/sub 2/O.
Research Organization:
National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC (USA)
OSTI ID:
7291207
Report Number(s):
PB-259851
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English