A determination of the solubility of lithium oxide in liquid lithium by fast neutron activation
| Autor: | Victor A. Maroni, R.M. Yonco, J.E. Strain, J.H. DeVan |
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| Rok vydání: | 1979 |
| Předmět: |
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Inorganic chemistry Analytical chemistry chemistry.chemical_element Atmospheric temperature range Oxygen law.invention chemistry.chemical_compound Nickel Nuclear Energy and Engineering chemistry law General Materials Science Lithium Lithium oxide Solubility Filtration Neutron activation |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Nuclear Materials. 79:354-362 |
| ISSN: | 0022-3115 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0022-3115(79)90100-4 |
| Popis: | The solubility of lithium oxide in liquid lithium has been measured in the temperature range of 195 to 734°C. A direct sampling method was employed in which nickel sampling tubes fitted with 2 μm pore size filters were used to take samples of the oxide-saturated lithium. The samples, still contained in their sampling tubes, were analyzed for oxygen content by a fast neutron activation method. A value for the oxygen blank attributable to the sampling tubes was derived from a regression analysis of the individual solubility data points. The resulting solubility values are considerably lower than those reported by previous investigators and can be represented by the equations In S(mol% Li2O) = 6.054–6669/T, log S ∗ (wppm oxygen) = 6.992–2896/T . The results indicate that removal of oxygen from lithium to a level of about 7 wppm (the solubility at 200°C) by cold trapping or by filtration should be feasible. |
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