Reaction of Magnesium Oxide with Acetic Acid

Abstract

Fused magnesia and magnesia clinker which were pulverized to such a fineness as shown in Table 1, were proven to react rather readily with glacial acetic acid at a temperature from 20° to 65°C. When the fractions of magnesia reacted were followed at each constant temperature by determining magnesium acetate formed in the reaction mixture which was soluble in methanol, the reactions proceeded after Jander's rate-equation except later reaction-stage as shown in Fig. 1 with an apparent activation energy of 21.8kcal/mol, though any diffusion layer didn't be observed around magnesia grains under microscope. In a semi-adiabatic condition, the temperature of the mixture should rise owing to the heat of reaction, resulting in acceleration of the rate of reaction more and more to cause the mixture to boil. These situations were examined at an initial temperature from 30° to 60°C. The results were shown in Fig. 3 in comparison with those obtained by numerical calculation using the rate data at constant temperatures and heat contents of the matters concerning to the reaction system.