A study has been made of the oxidation rate of graphite by the impinging jet of CO
2-CO mixtures, in order to analyze the mass-transfer characteristics in the gas phase in the reactor used for kinetic studies on the refining reactions between gas and molten metal.
The results obtained are as follows:
1) The rate of oxidation at 1500°C is cantrolled by the mass transfer in the gas phase. Average Sherwood numbers Sh (=kGd/D) are eorrelated by the eqnttion,
Sh=n (r
s/d)
-1.5 (duρ/μ)
0.66 (μ/ρD)
0.5 (n=0.32±0.06),
where kG is the mass-transfer coefficient for gas phase, d the inside diameter of nozzle, r
s the radius of graphite specimen, u the velocity, ρ the density, μ the viscosity, and D the diffusion coefficient of gas. The properties of gas and u are calculated at the reaction temperature under atmospheric pressure, based on the composition and flow rate of the gas entering the reactor. Average Sherwood numbers for the decarburization of liquid iron estimated from published data are roughly consistent with those given by the above equation.
2) The chemical reaction rate (-rA) of oxidation of graphite in carbon dioxide at temperatures from 1000°C to 1300°C is expressed by the equation,
-r
A=k
1p
SA (k1=117. 5exp (-43800/RT)),
where k
1 is the rate constant of the reaction (CO
2+σ→CO+O·σ, σ=active site, O·σ=adsorbed oxygen), p
SA the partial pressure of CO
2 at the surface of graphite, R the gas constant, and T the reaction temperature.
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