Ellingham Diagrams

The Ellingham diagram is a tool most often used in extraction metallurgy to find the conditions necessary for the reduction of the ores of important metals. This Teaching and Learning Package incorporates an interactive Ellingham diagram. This diagram can be used to quickly and simply find a range of thermodynamic data relating to many metallurgical reactions.

Image of interactive Ellingham diagram

Aims Before you start Introduction Thermodynamics Chemical Reactions The Equilibrium Constant The Ellingham diagram Applications Partial pressure of reacting gas Reading pO2 from the Ellingham diagram Other gas mixtures Reducing agents Other atmospheres Non-standard states Summary The interactive Ellingham diagram Interactive Ellingham diagram user guide Questions Going further

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First created: October 2006. Last updated: April 2008.