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Laboratory Furnace for Studies in Controlled Atmospheres; Melting Points of MgO in a N 2 Atmosphere and of Cr 2 O 3 in N 2 and in Air Atmospheres
Author(s) -
McNALLY R. N.,
PETERS F. I.,
RIBBE P. H.
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1961.tb13711.x
Subject(s) - melting point , induction furnace , atmosphere (unit) , nitrogen , materials science , congruent melting , melting temperature , metallurgy , chemistry , mineralogy , analytical chemistry (journal) , phase (matter) , environmental chemistry , thermodynamics , composite material , phase diagram , physics , organic chemistry , alloy
An induction furnace design which readily permits the determination of melting points and basic phase studies is described. The melting point of MgO was redetermined to be 2825°C., and the melting point of Cr 2 O 3 is reported as 2330° and 2315°C. in air and in nitrogen atmospheres, respectively.