Solubility of graphite in cobalt and nickel

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Temperatu~,~ 1126 1173 1173 1275 1392 1392 1393 1425

0.910 0.823 0.982 0.925 0.984 0.641 0.387 0.136

0.090 0.104 0.116 0.210 0.430 0.290 0.176 0.074

Nickel

1124

0.881

1126 1272 1392 1450 1469 1477

0.910 0.932 0.641 0.503 1.0 1.0

10.093 [0.102 0.126 0.190 0.220 0.200 0.387 0.439

DURINGthe

log ac/Y c = A + B / T + C(1 + lOS/T)yc

*The activityis defined as unity for equilibriumwith graphite.

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w h e r e Yc is the a t o m r a t i o , T i s t h e a b s o l u t e t e m p e r a t u r e and A , B , and C a r e t e m p e r a t u r e and c o m p o s i t i o n independent parameters), Smith's data determine C = 2.5 a n d 5.3 f o r Co(C) a n d Ni(C), r e s p e c t i v e l y . S i n c e the l a s t t e r m in E q . [1] is r e l a t i v e l y s m a l l , its c h o s e n t e m p e r a t u r e d e p e n d e n c e is not i m p o r t a n t f o r the p r e s e n t c o n c l u s i o n s . F i g . 1 d i s p l a y s log ac/Yc - C(1 + 103/T)Yc vs T -x f o r the p r e s e n t d a t a and t h o s e of S m i t h . L e a s t s q u a r e s a n a l y s i s of the p l o t t e d d a t a d e t e r m i n e the f o l l o w i n g equations : log ac/Y c = 4110/7" - 1.34 + 2.5(1 + 103/T)Yc

An~ysis, WtPct C

Cob~t J . C. S W A R T Z c o u r s e of e x p e r i m e n t s 1 on the e l e c t r i c a l r e s i s t i v i t y of c a r b o n d i s s o l v e d in c o b a l t and n i c k e l , s e v e r a l m e a s u r e m e n t s of the s o l u b i l i t y of g r a p h i t e were obtained. This report summarizes these measu r e m e n t s and d i s c u s s e s the s o l u t i o n e n e r g i e s a n d entropies. T h i n s a m p l e s of high p u r i t y c o b a l t and n i c k e l w e r e e q u i l i b r a t e d w i t h c a r b u r i z i n g g a s e s by the u s u a l t e c h n i q u e s . 2 T a b l e I l i s t s the a c t i v i t y of e a c h c a r b u r i z i n g a t m o s p h e r e 3 and the r e s u l t i n g c o m b u s t i o n a n a l y s i s . To c o l l a t e t h e s e data o n e m u s t a s s u m e s o m e b e h a v i o r r e l a t i v e to H e n r y ' s l a w . S m i t h ' s d a t a 4 on Co(C) and Ni(C) at 1000~ show d e v i a t i o n s f r o m H e n r y ' s law w h i c h a r e c o m p a r a b l e to t h o s e of y F e ( C ) . A s s u m i n g t h e s e d e v i a t i o n s v a r y w i t h t e m p e r a t u r e Uke t h o s e of Y F e ( C ) ( i . e . , a s s u m i n g a r e l a t i o n of t h e f o r m : s

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f o r c a r b o n in c o b a l t , and 1

logac/Y c = 3070/7 -0.54

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f o r c a r b o n in n i c k e l . F i g s . 2 and 3 c o m p a r e t h e g r a p h i t e s o l u b i l i t i e s f r o m E q s . [2] and [3] w i t h o t h e r r e c e n t d e t e r m i n a t i o n s . E q s . I2] and [3] and t h e e q u i v a l e n t e q u a t i o n f o r 7 F e ( C ) d e t e r m i n e the v a l u e s in T