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The kinetics and mechanism of the reduction of M3S2 by hydrogen have been investigated between 1133° and 1300°C. When high flow rates of hydrogen and argon or helium bubbling through the melt are maintained the rate-determining step is a chemical process which can be expressed by a rate law of the form
where kexpt = 85.1 atm-1/2 min-1, α = 0.17 at 1250°C.
The experimental activation energy for this process is 20.1 ±3.0 kcal per mole. These results are discussed in terms of possible catalysis by nickel.
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Byerley, J.J., Rempel, G.L. & Takebe, N. Kinetics and mechanism of the reduction of molten nickel sulfide by hydrogen. Metall Trans 3, 2133–2138 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02643223
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