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Thermodynamic and experimental study of carbon formation on carbides under hydrothermal conditions
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Thermodynamic and experimental study of carbon formation on carbides under hydrothermal conditions

Nathan S Jacobson, Yury G Gogotsi and Masahiro Yoshimura
Journal of Materials Chemistry, v 5(4), pp 595-61
1995
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https://doi.org/10.1039/JM9950500595View
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Abstract

Thermodynamic analyses for the corrosion of SiC, TiC, TaC, NbC, WC and B 4 C in the temperature range 300-1000 °C in high-pressure steam have been conducted using a Gibbs energy minimization computer code. The calculated results are compared to experimental results for corrosion of these carbides in a hydrothermal fluid above the critical point. The formation of carbon has been predicted and observed for all these carbides, except B 4 C. Carbon is formed at low H 2 O : carbide molar ratios. Lower pressure also promotes carbon formation. For a high H 2 O : carbide molar ratio, the carbon will be oxidized to CO and CO 2 . The hydrothermal method can be used for producing carbon coatings of nanometre to micrometre thickness on the surface of carbides.

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