Reaction Rate of Solid Sodium with Air
| Autor: | Leo F. Epstein, William H. Howland |
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| Rok vydání: | 1957 |
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| Zdroj: | Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. 49:1931-1932 |
| ISSN: | 1541-5724 0019-7866 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/ie50575a045 |
| Popis: | This study was undertaken to determine the influence of temperature and composition of solid sodium on its rate of reaction with air. A quantitative re- examination was made of the observation that the speed of reaction of alkali metals and air is markedly dependert on purity. The rate of reaction is greater for filtered sodium than for the relatively pure distilled material, particularly at lower temperatures, and the difference between the rates tends to vanish at the melting point of the metal. These experimental results suggest that the reaction is catalyzed by the presence of small amounts of impurity and that the catalysis reaction has a high energy of activation. (auth) |
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