Samples of grade A Monel and grade A nickel were subjected statically in a single reactor to an undiluted atmosphere of gaseous fluorine at pressures up to one atmosphere absolute and temperatures up to 1500°F. The rate of consumption of fluorine on the mixed Monel and nickel saniples was followed by a press\ire-drop technique at 1100 and ISOO^F., but was found to be too rapid to be followed accurately at 1500''F. The grade A Monel was conservatively estimated to have consumed at least ^i-O times as much fluorine as the grade A nickel during the entire period of this exploratory investigation. Consequently, Monel metal was eliminated from further consideration as a material of construction for equipment exposed to fluorine at temperat\ires higher than 1300°F.
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