chemical physics of discharges - Argonne National Laboratory

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Table 2 Dissociation of NaCl in H2 at 1.0 mn for Various Input Powers t - - 4 *O I 0.240 0 280 I I F'igure 2 shows the effect of carrier gas pressure at constant power. A marimum in metal production occurred at about 1.5 mm pressure. For H2 this pressure coincides closely with the highest concentration of H atoms, and is probably related to the concentration of electrons having sufficient energy to cause dissociation. The reaction rates appeared to be substantially independent of the nature of the carrier gas, The fact that considerable quantities of highly reactive metals are deposited in atmospheres of even more highly reactive gases, namely halogen atoms, suggests that these halogen species may be in the form of negatively charged ions. Such ions, having a complete outer shell of eight electrons, would be non-reactive chemically, and if neutralization of their charges is delayed until they are swept clear of the metal deposit, an explanation of the apparent absence of appreciable back reaction would be afforded. Mass spectroscopic studies are being made on the nature of the species in these discharges to elucidate this matter. The &OUR I1 compounds. The majority of the halides of Be, ldg, Ca, Sr and Ba were investigated. Rates of dissociation did not appear to vary as widely as those of Group I. As optimum conditior.8 were approached for each compound, all the halide vapourized was dissociated and deposits were formed on the W d h of the reriction tube in which metals and dihalides were founO in equi-olar proportions. This points strongly to the formation of unstable monohalide molecules in the discharge, which dis- 'proportionate to yield the observed products. Again the dissociations were not dependent on the carrier gas employed. BeC12, one of the more volatile halides in this group, end one of the most easily dissociated of all the compounds studied, may be broken down in the lower frequency apparatus mentioned previously- Metals could be separated from the dihalidss in the deposits by means of suitable solvents for the letter, or in some cases by vacuupl sublimation of the dihalide.

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