Thermodynamic Study of Al2O3 Using a Mass Spectrometer

Abstract

The evaporation of alumina under nearly neutral conditions in tungsten and molybdenum Knudsen cells has been investigated by mass spectrometric methods. The atomization energies of the gaseous molecules are D0o(AlO) = 115±5 kcal/mole; D0o(Al2O) = 245±7 kcal/mole; D0o(Al2O2) = 365±7 kcal/mole.