Static Pressure Due to Sodium - Water Reactions in Closed Vessels,

Abstract

The reaction between water and sodium, followed by reaction of the liberated hydrogen with air, in a closed vessel is treated as a thermodynamic problem at constant volume. The results for reaction of stoichiometrically equivalent amounts of sodium and water for varying size of vessel are found to follow the equation: P = 3.44 + 45.64 R - 7.97 R-sq were P is the final pressure in pounds per square inch gauge, and R is the ratio of sodium (in hundreds of cubic feet measured at 350 F) to dry air (in millions of cubic feet at 77 F). This equation is satisfactory when the final temperature is above the melting point of sodium hydroxide (59l K).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 26, 1952
Accession Number
ADA297887

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  • W. S. Horton

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  • Chemical Compounds
  • Chemistry
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Gas Laws
  • Heat Capacity
  • Heat Energy
  • Hydrogen
  • Hydroxides
  • Materials
  • New York
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Sodium Hydroxide
  • Thermochemistry
  • United States

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