PREPARATION OF STANDARD SAMPLES AND DEVELOPMENT OF ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR CARBON AND NITROGEN IN HIGH-PURITY BERYLLIUM.
Abstract
Analytical techniques have been developed for the determination of carbon in high-purity beryllium. The method, a modification of the combustion-conductometric technique, permits an increase in the sample size of about four times, thereby achieving a fourfold reduction in the lower limit of useful analytical results. Sensitivity has been demonstrated for carbon contents as low as 25 ppm. The accuracy of a solution distillation technique for determination of nitrogen in high-purity beryllium has been established. A modified micro-Kjeldahl still was employed. Nitrogen contents less than 10 ppm can be accurately determined. Three batches of beryllium weighing roughly 5 pounds each have been prepared. Each batch was attritioned, sized and blended to provide a homogeneous material for analytical standards. These standards, in the form of coarse chips, have the following carbon and nitrogen contents for the 3 standards in parts per million, respectively: carbon, 25, 101, and 120 and nitrogen, 11, 55, and 56.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0626987
Entities
People
- A. K. Wolff
- F. A. Bauman
- L. R. Aronin