Decomposition gases of BaCO3, SrCO3, and BaSr(CO3)2 were studied by means of a microgas-analyser. Although the major part of the decomposition gas was CO2, considerable amount of other kinds of gas; CO, HCO2OCO2HCO2 werereleased from the binder, the base metal and by the mutual reaction between gas and metal. The exhaust velocity have serious effect upon the decomposition of carbonates.
Experiments on the decomposition velocity and the dissociation pressure showed that each component carbonate usually decomposes separately even inthe solid solution BaSr(COCO3)CO2.
Activation energiesfor the decomposition of BaCOCO3 and SrCOCO3 were estimated as about 102 Kcal/mol and 56 Kcal/mol respectively.