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                          H /H O ratio         10 –8  10 –6    10 –4       pO 2
                           2
                             2
                          CO/CO  ratio      10 –8  10 –6  10 –4    10 –2
                              2
                                                                           10 –2
                  O     0
                                                                         1
                      –100                     M                            10 –2
                                                          2CO + O 2  = 2CO 2
                                             M     M 2Co + O 2  = 2CoO       1
                            4Cu + O 2  = 2Cu 2 O    2Fe + O 2  = 2FeO       10 –4
                                      2Ni + O 2  = 2NiO
                      –200
                                                    M
                      –300                                             2
                                                     M                10
                                                 M                          10 –6
                                                            C + O 2  = CO 2  10 2
                     ∆G 0  = RT ln O 2  (kJ/mole O 2 )  –600  M  Si + O 2  = SiO 2  M  B  10 4 10 –12
                      –400
                  H   –500   2Zn + O 2  = 2ZnO  B 3   M               10 4  10 –8
                  C               4 Cr + O 2  =  2 / Cr 2 O 3  2C + O 2  = 2CO  –10
                                  /
                                   3
                      –700
                      –800                                            10 6  10 –14
                                                                            10
                                 4 Al + O 2  =  2 / Al 2 O 2              10 6
                                         3
                      –900        /         B                                 –16
                                  3
                                     M   2Ca + O 2  = 2CaO  B         10 8  10
                     –1000
                           2Mg + O 2  = 2MgO M  M  Change of state element  oxide  8 10 –18
                     –1100                      Melting point  M B  M     10
                                                Boiling point
                                                                B
                                                                     10 10  10 –20
                     –1200
                         0  200 400 600 800 1000  1200  1400  1600 1800  2000  2200  2400
                                          Temperature(°C)                     –22
                          H /H O ratio                    10 14     10 12 10 10  10
                             2
                           2
                  0 K     CO/CO  ratio                            10 12
                              2
                                             10 –50            10 –30     10 –24
                                              pO
                                                2
                 FIGURE 15.3  Ellingham diagram showing the standard free energy of formation of
                 selected oxides as a function of temperature.
                      the diagram the more stable is the oxide [4]. For a given reaction,
                      expressed in generic terms in Eq. (15.3), Eq. (15.4), or its logarithmic
                      form Eq. (15.5) may be used to express the oxygen partial pressure
                      (p ) at which the metal and oxide are at equilibrium:
                        O 2
                                          M O      MO                     (15.3)
                                             +
                                                       2
                                               2
                                                   G
                                                   ∆
                                                    0
                                             p  = e RT                     (15.4)
                                              O 2
                                           log(p  ) =  ∆ G 0               (15.5)
                                              O 2  . 2 303⋅ RT
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