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SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT ON DISTRIBUTION STUDIES BETWEEN MELTS AND SOLID PHASES USING RADIOACTIVE TRACERS

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4062197
An experimental study of the exchange of sodium ions between solid sodalite and melts containing chloride was started. The exchange is rapid and apparently unaffected by the presence of cesium ions in the melt, as the latter are too large to enter the alumino-silicate lattice. A method for the measurement of self-diffusion is described and is being applied to the diffusion of sodium ions in the low-melting AlCl/sub 3/-NaCl fused-salt systsm. The method requires filling a capillary diffusion tube with two columns of liquid, one radioactive and one inactive, adjoining each other in a relatively sharp interface. The progress of the diffusion is followed by passing the diffusion tube under a well-collimated radiation detector and observing the changing distnibution of the tracer. (For preceding period see NYO-6652.) (auth)
Research Organization:
Connecticut. Univ., Storrs
NSA Number:
NSA-15-012904
OSTI ID:
4062197
Report Number(s):
NYO-6653
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English