The effect of graphite on the extraction of nitrogen has been studied using graphite and molybdenum crucibles. The results obtained are summarized as follows:
(1) Nitrogen in cylindrically pelleted tantalum with and without one atomic ratio of graphite, or nitrogen in the tantalum rod, was extracted at 2200∼2300°C in the graphite or molybdenum crucible. Nitrogen in the sample with graphite in the graphite crucible was completely extracted within 30 min, whereas in all other combinations of samples and crucibles the percentage extraction of nitrogen for 60 min was found to be less than 30% using the Kjeldahl method as the standard.
(2) The X-ray diffraction patterns for the samples after nitrogen extraction revealed the presence of Ta
2C, the formation of which may be due to the incomplete extraction. Furthermore, in a series of extraction with graphite in the graphite crucible at various temperatures ranged from 1800 to 2250°C, it was found that at a higher temperature the extraction was completed with the formation of TaC, while at a lower temperature the proportion of Ta
2C tended to increase with decrease in percentage of nitrogen extraction.
(3) From the nitrogen collection curves for the cylindrically pelleted samples with and without graphite in the graphite crucible, a linear relationship was obtained by plotting the logarithm of the ratio of the average residual nitrogen concentration to the initial concentration as a function of the collection time. The slope of the curves representing the rate of extraction at 2300°C indicated severalfold acceleration by graphite addition.
(4) Pelleted samples with one mole ratio of boron, silicon, or silicon carbide in place of graphite were also subjected to vacuum hot extraction, and X-ray diffraction was also made on those products.
It is concluded that the identification of TaC through X-ray diffraction is useful for examination of completeness of nitrogen extraction.
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