Experimental studies of magnetite formation in the solar nebula
Experimental studies of magnetite formation in the solar nebula
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太阳星云中磁铁矿形成的实验研究
DOI:
10.1111/j.1945-5100.1998.tb01715.x
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发表时间:
1998
影响因子:
2.2
通讯作者:
B. Fegley
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文献类型:
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作者:
Y. Hong;B. Fegley
Abstract— Oxidation of Fe metal and Gibeon meteorite metal to magnetite via the net reaction 3 Fe (metal) + 4 H2O (gas) = Fe3O4 (magnetite) + 4 H2 (gas) was experimentally studied at ambient atmospheric pressure at 91–442 °C in H2 and H2‐He gas mixtures with H2/H2O molar ratios of ∼4–41. The magnetite produced was identified by x‐ray diffraction. Electron microprobe analyses showed 3.3 wt% NiO and 0.24 wt% CoO (presumably as NiFe2O4 and CoFe2O4) in magnetite formed from Gibeon metal. The NiO and CoO concentrations are higher than expected from equilibrium between metal and oxide under the experimental conditions. Elevated NiO contents in magnetite were also observed by metallurgists during initial stages of oxidation of Fe‐Ni alloys. The rate constants for magnetite formation were calculated from the weight gain data using a constant surface area model and the Jander, Ginstling‐Brounshtein, and Valensi‐Carter models for powder reactions. Magnetite formation followed parabolic (i.e., diffusion‐controlled) kinetics. The rate constants and apparent activation energies for Fe metal and Gibeon metal are: