TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCES OF THE PECLET NUMBER IN SUBLIMATION PROCESSES OF SIMPLE SUBSTANCES

Abstract

The results of calculating the Peclet number Ре = wr/(ρD) (where D is the diffusion coefficient; w is the evaporation rate of the substance; ρ is the density of the substance; r is the size factor) in sublimation processes of simple substances with high values of vapor pressure (≈ 1 mm Hg and above at the melting temperature): As, Gd, Tm, Lu, Cr, Yb, Sm, Mg, Ra, Ca, Sr, Ni, Co, Eu, Mn, Ba. It is shown that the nature of the temperature dependence Pe(T) is determined by the properties of the components of the sublimated system “base–impurity” (including the diffusion activation energy Q of impurity). For each substance for given Q and r, the dependence Pe(T) is monotonic. A decrease in the process temperature can improve the purification of a substance from one of several impurities, accompanied by deterioration in the purification from another impurity.