Research Article
Phenomenology of Graphite Burning in Air Ingress Accidents of HTRs
Table 1
Chemical reactions relevant in graphite burning.
| No. | Reaction | Δ (kJ/mol) |
| (1a) | 2C + O2→ 2CO | −221.04 | (1b) | C + O2→ CO2 | −393.51 | (2) | C + CO2⟷ 2CO | +172.47 | (3) | 2CO + O2→ 2CO2 | −565.98 |
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