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Kinetics of solution of hydrogen in liquid iron, nickel, and copper containing dissolved oxygen and sulfur

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An investigation of the effect of surface active oxygen and sulfur on the rate of hydrogen solution in inductively stirred liquid iron, nickel, and copper was made using a modified constant-volume Sieverts’ method. The overall and initial rates of hydrogen solution in liquid iron and nickel were found to decrease with increasing oxygen content in concentration ranges found in the commercial refining of these metals. The results were consistent with a change in the rate controlling step from mass transport of hydrogen atoms in the metal phase to mixed control of a surface chemical reaction and a diffusion controlled process in the melt. For liquid copper the overall rate of hydrogen solution decreased with increasing oxygen content, but the initial rate could not be determined. It was believed that condensation of water vapor and melt surface turbulence interfered with measurement of the initial rate of hydrogen solution in liquid copper. The addition of sulfur to liquid iron, nickel, and copper lowered the overall rate of hydrogen solution, but the effect was not as pronounced as that for oxygen.

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  1. Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich

    W. M. Small, R. H. Radzilowski (Graduate Student) & R. D. Pehlke (Professor)

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Formerly Graduate Student, The University of Michigan, is Research Engineer, Noranda Research Center, Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada

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Small, W.M., Radzilowski, R.H. & Pehlke, R.D. Kinetics of solution of hydrogen in liquid iron, nickel, and copper containing dissolved oxygen and sulfur. Metall Trans 4, 2045–2050 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02643266

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