Abstract
Zirconium aerosol was ignited and burned in atmospheric pressure air in microgravity using a 2.2-s drop tower. Combustion products were collected and analyzed using electron microscopy. The elemental composition analyses indicated that combustion product compositions fell along two linear traces on a ternary Zr-O-N diagram. Currently, the equilibrium Zr-O-N phases are not characterized at temperatures above 2000 °C, typical of zirconium combustion in air, and it is suggested that the phases detected in zirconium combustion products can serve as a guide to further studies of the Zr-O-N system at high temperatures. It is also suggested that experimental metal combustion techniques can be adopted for studying high-temperature metal-gas phase equilibria.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3840-3842 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of Materials Research |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 1999 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Materials Science
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering