The Kinetics of the Reactions of Beryllium with Oxygen and Nitrogen and the Effect of Oxide and Nitride Films on its Vapor Pressure
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- 1 January 1950
- journal article
- Published by The Electrochemical Society in Journal of the Electrochemical Society
- Vol. 97 (11) , 383-395
- https://doi.org/10.1149/1.2777899
Abstract
A systematic study of the reaction of beryllium with oxygen is made over the temperature range of 350° to 950°C. The experimental data may be fitted by the parabolic rate law except for the initial period of the reaction. A plot of gives an energy of activation of 50,300 calories per mole. A comparison of this rate data with other metals and alloys shows that vacuum‐treated beryllium has the smallest parabolic reaction rate constant at 900°C of any metal or alloy that we have studied.Keywords
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