Exothermic Reactions. The high temperatures sought in the experiments were produced by heat released from exothermic reactions. Two such reactions were used, that of thermite and that of silicon-ferric oxide. Thermite is a mixture of aluminum and iron oxide. Ferric oxide was used in the experiments because its reaction with aluminum releases more heat per gram of reactants than do those of ferrous oxide or magnetite. For complete reaction, the mixture should contain 54 parts of aluminum and 159.7 parts of ferric oxide by weight.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.113490 |
| Date | January 1961 |
| Creators | Philpotts, John. A. |
| Contributors | Saull, V. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
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| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science. (Department of Earth Sciences.) |
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