The properties of beryllium carbide were studied to detormino i t s su ita b ility as a high-temperature refra cto ry. Various methods of preparing i t were trie d and a number of the physicol and chenical properties of the resulting products were determined. Lots containing 85 v t % of useful product were prepared by the beryllium notol-cerbon reaction. Because the moterial va3 to be fabricated into refractor}* bodies, p a rtic u la r attention woe paid to the chemical analysis fo r unreccted BeO, beryllium motol, and froe carbon; X-ray d iffra c tio n id en tific atio n of the various phoaea present; ond a la xoacopicnl examination fo r mineral composition, c ry sto l size, end c ry sta l he b it. As o refractory, beryllium carbide has several disadvantages. I t tends to hydrolyze in atmospheric r * ' ure and must be protected against both oxygefl and nitrogen, when hooted. •B attelle Homorial In s titu te , Coiunhu*hma.
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