Vapor pressure and thermochemical properties of ZrCl4 for ZrC coating of coated fuel particles

作     者：刘超 刘兵 邵友林 李自强 唐春和 

作者机构：Institute of Nuclear and New Energy TechnologyTsinghua University 

出 版 物：《中国有色金属学会会刊：英文版》 (Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China)

年 卷 期：2008年第18卷第3期

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学科分类：080503[工学-材料加工工程] 08[工学] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 

基　　金：Project(863614202) supported by the National High-tech Research and Development Program of China 

主　　题：汽压 热化学转变 ZrC敷料 燃烧颗粒 

摘      要：Vapor pressure of zirconium tetrachloride(ZrCl4) under vacuum and an argon pressure of 1×105 Pa was measured. The thermochemical changes of ZrCl4 during evaporation were studied by thermogravimetry-differential thermal analysis(TG-DTA), X-ray diffractometry(XRD), scanning electron microscopy(SEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray(EDX) analysis. At the same temperature, vapor pressures of ZrCl4 under vacuum and an argon pressure of 1×105 Pa are approximately the same. The vapor pressure exceeds 1×105 Pa at 340 ℃, which is high enough for ZrC coating of coated fuel particles. ZrCl4 sample is hydrolyzed to some extent to give ZrO2 and HCl, which however, has little influence on vapor pressure of ZrCl4 at high temperature. No ZrCl3 and Cl2 are produced by decomposition of ZrCl4 during evaporation, which is confirmed by thermodynamic calculation.