Abstract:
The activity coefficients of vanadium in liquid copper were measured by equilibrating solid V
2O
3 with liquid Copper under different oxygen partial pressure in temperature range from 1673 to 1873 K, where the oxygen partial pressure was controlled by adopting the CO
(g)/CO
2(g) equilibrium. Because V
2O
3 exhibits non-stoichiometry of oxygen, the Gibbs energy model for (V
2O
3)
S.S., not that of pure V
2O
3 compound, was adopted to calculated the activity coefficients of vanadium in liquid copper. The activity coefficients of vanadium in liquid copper measured under the highest experimental oxygen partial pressure as a function of temperature can be expressed by a linear relationship. This relationship can also be considered as the temperature dependence of Henry's constant of vanadium in liquid copper.