Publisher's Synopsis
This monograph deals with the use of high temperature mass spectrometry in the study of the physical chemistry of oxide systems. It reviews a number of scientific papers and presents experimental data on the vaporization and thermodynamic properties of these systems at temperatures up to 2500K. The practical applications of the techniques presented are illustrated in a wide range of disciplines. The text should be particularly beneficial to specialists in a number of high temperature technologies where thermodynamic approaches are regularly applied, such as metallurgy, the glass industry, the aerospace industry and geochemistry.
