Abstract
The weight loss of Cr2O3 in oxidizing environments (Po2= 1 to 10−3 atm) at 1200°C was measured. Both hot-pressed and sintered Cr2O3 pellets were investigated in O2/Ar gas mixtures, and the dependence of the weight loss on the O2 partial pressure, the gas flow rate, and the total pressure was determined independently. The experimentally determined O2 partial pressure dependence (rate ∝ PO23/4) corresponds to that expected for the reaction Cr2O3(s)+3/2O2⇌2CrO3(g). The flow rate and total pressure dependencies show that mass transport through a gaseous boundary layer is the rate-controlling step in the oxidation/vaporization of Cr2O3. Evaporation coefficients for the loss of CrO3(g) under the experimental conditions were <0.01.
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