The mixture of CaSO
4 and quartz (1 : 1 in molar ratio) was isothermally heated in a static air and dry N
2 flow between 900 and 1300°C. The reaction products were investigated by means of X-ray diffraction. At the early stage of the reaction, both α-and β-CaSiO
3 were formed in a static air and a-CaSiO
3 was mainly formed in N
2 flow. As the reaction proceeded further, Ca
2SiO
4 began to be formed. The amount of Ca
2SiO
4 formed was larger in N
2 flow than that in a static air. It was considered that the Ca
2SiO
4 was mainly formed by the reaction between CaSO
4 and CaSiO
3. The rate of the initial reaction which corresponded to the formation of CaSiO
3 was given by Serin and Elickson's equation, 1-α = (6/π
2) ∞Σn=1 (1/
n2) exp (-
n2π2Dt/R
2).The apparent activation energies were 97kcal/mol (in N
2 flow) and 94 kcal/mol (in a static air), respectively. Diffusion coefficients calculated from the above equation, assuming that the radius of quartz particle was 5pm, well agreed wish those for Ca
2+ ion in a-andβ-CaSiO
3 reported by Lindner. Consequently the rate-determining step at the early stage seemed to be the Ca
2+ ion diffusion in the CaSiO
3 layer formed between CaSO
4 and quartz.
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