AbstractsEarth & Environmental Science
Experiments on thermochemical methods of producing high temperatures and pressures.
| Institution: | McGill University |
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| Department: | Department of Earth Sciences. |
| Degree: | MS. |
| Year: | 1961 |
| Keywords: | Geological Sciences. |
| Record ID: | 1504472 |
| Full text PDF: | http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile113490.pdf |
Abstract
Exothermic Reactions. The high temperatures sought in the experiments were produced by heat released from exothermic reactions. Two such reactions were used, that of thermite and that of silicon-ferric oxide. Thermite is a mixture of aluminum and iron oxide. Ferric oxide was used in the experiments because its reaction with aluminum releases more heat per gram of reactants than do those of ferrous oxide or magnetite. For complete reaction, the mixture should contain 54 parts of aluminum and 159.7 parts of ferric oxide by weight.
