Thermodynamics of metal-oxygen systems

Modem computational programs [4] and thermodynamic tables [5] now make it possible to explicitly calculate metal-oxygen flame temperatures, thereby opening up a unique aspect of combustion thermodynamics that could be important in the consideration of metal as fuels and as reactants in combustion synthesis. 

TABLE 9.1 Various Properties of Metal Oxides and Nitrides 

Note Twl, Volatilization temperature [or stoichiometric adiabatic combustion temperature creating compound under ambient conditions T = 298 K, P = 1 atm) Tg, Meta/ boiling point at 1 atm Te, Decomposition temperature (see 

Walue in parentheses are (or are based on) decomposition temperatures, Td. or enthalpies of decomposition, AH4. cValues from IANAF tables. 

FIGURE 9.1 Adiabatic combustion temperature of various metal-oxygen/nitrogen systems as a function of equivalence ratio j . Initial conditions 298 K and 1 atm. 

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