Partial pressures of oxygen

White phosphorus is very reactive. It has an appreciable vapour pressure at room temperature and inflames in dry air at about 320 K or at even lower temperatures if finely divided. In air at room temperature it emits a faint green light called phosphorescence the reaction occurring is a complex oxidation process, but this happens only at certain partial pressures of oxygen. It is necessary, therefore, to store white phosphorus under water, unlike the less reactive red and black allotropes which do not react with air at room temperature. Both red and black phosphorus burn to form oxides when heated in air, the red form igniting at temperatures exceeding 600 K,... 

Fig. 9. Concentration of SiOH moieties as a function of the partial pressures of oxygen and chlorine when 10 ppm of H2O is in the starting gas, where region A represents MCVD coUapse conditions B, MCVD, CI2 coUapse C, MCVD deposition and consoHdation and D, soot consoHdation.

Hafnium Oxide. Two oxides of hafnium, hafnium monoxide [12029-22-0], HfO, and Hf02, are known to exist but only the dioxide is stable under ordinary conditions. Gaseous hafnium monoxide can be present at >2000° C, especially when the partial pressure of oxygen is low. Hafnium monoxide is probably the compound form in which oxygen is evolved when hafnium metal is melted in an electron-beam melting furnace. HfO(g) is the species observed mass spectrometricaHy when hafnium dioxide vaporizes. 

Life-Support Applications. Exploration of outer space by humans has focused considerable attention on maximum as weU as minimum limits in the oxygen content of life-support atmospheres. Above the earth, both the atmospheric pressure and the partial pressure of oxygen decrease rapidly. The oxygen content of air remains constant at 20.946% to an altitude of ca 20 km, after which it decreases rapidly (1). 

Reactant. Steam can behave as an oxidant. The partial pressure of oxygen generated by the dissociation of steam into hydrogen and oxygen is shown in Figure 17. 

In an oversimplified way, it may be stated that acids of the volcanoes have reacted with the bases of the rocks the compositions of the ocean (which is at the fkst end pokit (pH = 8) of the titration of a strong acid with a carbonate) and the atmosphere (which with its 2 = 10 atm atm is nearly ki equdibrium with the ocean) reflect the proton balance of reaction 1. Oxidation and reduction are accompanied by proton release and proton consumption, respectively. In order to maintain charge balance, the production of electrons, e, must eventually be balanced by the production of. The redox potential of the steady-state system is given by the partial pressure of oxygen (0.2 atm). Furthermore, the dissolution of rocks and the precipitation of minerals are accompanied by consumption and release, respectively. 

Small changes in impurity content did not affect this rate but the presence of water vapor and changes in partial pressure of oxygen were critical (61,62). Steam and various impurities and binders also affect the oxidation of siUcon carbide (63). Differences have been observed in oxygen adsorption on the different SiC crystal faces (64). 

At high temperature, siUcon carbide exhibits either active or passive oxidation behavior depending on the ambient oxygen potential (65,66). When the partial pressure of oxygen is high, passive oxidation occurs and a protective layer of Si02 is formed on the surface. 

Fig. 3. The diffusion coefficients of several single-crystal and polycrystaUine ceramic materials as a function of temperature where Pq represents the partial pressure of oxygen. The activation energy is obtained from the slope and the insert eg, for O diffusion in CaQ 86 186 2 Tl4 cation % Ca,...

The decomposition of silver oxide was one of the earhest solid reactions studied. It is smoothly reversible below 200°C (392°F) with equation for partial pressure of oxygen,... 

The sulfation reaction does not have an optimum reaction temperature under pressurized operating conditions and the higher partial pressure of oxygen results in increased conversion of sulfur dioxide to sulfur trioxide. 

Finally, oxidation rates obviously increase with increasing partial pressure of oxygen, although rarely in a simple way. The partial pressure of oxygen in a gas turbine atmosphere, for example, may well be very different from that in air, and it is important to conduct oxidation tests on high-temperature components under the right conditions. 

To fully understand the formation of the N13S2 scale under certain gas conditions, a brief description needs to be given on the chemical aspects of the protective (chromium oxide) Ci 203/(nickel oxide) NiO scales that form at elevated temperatures. Under ideal oxidizing conditions, the alloy Waspaloy preferentially forms a protective oxide layer of NiO and Ci 203 The partial pressure of oxygen is such that these scales are thermodynamically stable and a condition of equilibrium is observed between the oxidizing atmosphere and the scale. Even if the scale surface is damaged or removed, the oxidizing condition of the atmosphere would preferentially reform the oxide scales. 

C = oxygen eoneentration in equilibrium with the partial pressure of oxygen in the bulk gas phase, mmoles/L Cl = eoneentration of dissolved oxygen in the fermentation broth, mmoles/L... 

C oxygen concentration in equilibrium with the partial pressure of oxygen, kg/m ... 

All fruits respire oxygen and, in doing so, start to decay. If the oxygen concentration can be reduced, the rate of respiration will be slowed and the storage life maybe extended. The maintenance of a low partial pressure of oxygen requires a gas-tight structure to prevent diffusion. Such controlled atmosphere stores are carefully constructed and sealed to achieve this, and are generally termed gas stores. 

Solubility affected by pressnre. (a) SCUBA divers must pay attention to the solubility of gases in die blood and die fact diat solubility increases with pressure, (b) A hyperbaric chamber. People who have problems breathing can be placed in a hyperbaric chamber where they are exposed to a higher partial pressure of oxygen. 

Assume that 0.0050 mole of air contains 0.0040 mole of nitrogen, N2, and 0.0010 mole of oxygen, 02. What is the partial pressure of oxygen in the first bulb in Figure 4-3 What is the partial pressure of oxygen in the third bulb Use three significant figures. 

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