title: Thermodynamic Measurements of Alloys and Compounds by Double Knudsen Cell Mass Spectrometry and Their Application to Materials Processing.
abstract: For the development and optimization of materials processing a collection of thermodynamic information concerning substances that participate in the reactions is important. One fundamental way to obtain such information is to measure the vapor pressure of gas species under conditions where they are in equilibrium with the condensed phases. Over the past 60 years Knudsen cell mass spectrometry has been used to identify and quantitatively determine gas species at high temperatures. This article describes thermodynamic foundation and examples of measurements in order to demonstrate the use of mass spectrometry focusing on the field of process metallurgy and recycling processes.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo.
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.affiliation: Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo.
authors.forename: Yoshifumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kobashi
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Chiba Institute of Technology.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagai
authors.affiliation: Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo.
authors.forename: Masafumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maeda
keywords: Knudsen cell mass spectrometry; iron and steel production; non-ferrous metallurgy; recycling; vapor pressure measurement
references.citation: Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. 2004;18(2):163-74
references.pmid: 14745765