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The mechanism of the reaction of tungsten with steam over the temperature range 1000°–1450° is similar to that for the reaction of molybdenum. The rate‐determining step consists of the oxidation of (s) to the volatile and and its polymers. Above 1450° the reaction is complicated by the formation of a liquid phase on the surface of the metal.
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Kilpatrick et al. (1966) studied this question.
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