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Title: Solubility of xenon in liquid sodium

Abstract

The solubility of xenon in liquid sodium was measured as a function of pressure (2-8 atm) and temperature (350-600$sup 0$C). Henry's law was obeyed with the value of the Henry's law constant, K/sub H/ = N/sub Xe//P, ranging from 1.38 x 10$sup -10$ atm$sup -1$ at 350C, to 1.59 x 10$sup -8$ atm$sup -1$ at 600$sup 0$C where N/sub Xe/ and P are the atom fraction and the partial pressure of xenon, respectively. The temperature dependence of solubility may be represented by log$sub 10$ lambda = (0.663 +- 0.01) - (4500 +- 73) T$sup -1$, where lambda is the Ostwald coefficient (the volume of xenon dissolved per unit volume of sodium at the temperature of the experiment). The heat of solution of xenon in sodium was 20.6 +- 0.7 kcal/mole, where the standard state of xenon is defined as that of 1 mole of an ideal gas, confined to a volume equal to the molar volume of sodium. (auth)

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab., IL
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
4089542
NSA Number:
NSA-33-028446
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
J. Chem. Eng. Data, v. 21, no. 1, pp. 75-76
Additional Journal Information:
Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 30-JUN-76
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
N40210* -Chemistry-Inorganic, Organic, & Physical Chemistry-Chemical & Physiochemical Properties; 400201* -Chemistry-Inorganic & Physical Chemistry- Chemical & Physicochemical Properties; *SODIUM- SOLVENT PROPERTIES; *XENON- SOLUBILITY; CLADDING; FAILURES; FUEL PINS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MEDIUM PRESSURE; PRESSURE DEPENDENCE; REACTOR COMPONENTS; SOLUTION HEAT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE

Citation Formats

Veleckis, E, Cafasso, F A, and Feder, H M. Solubility of xenon in liquid sodium. United States: N. p., 1976. Web. doi:10.1021/je60068a027.
Veleckis, E, Cafasso, F A, & Feder, H M. Solubility of xenon in liquid sodium. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/je60068a027
Veleckis, E, Cafasso, F A, and Feder, H M. 1976. "Solubility of xenon in liquid sodium". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/je60068a027.
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title = {Solubility of xenon in liquid sodium},
author = {Veleckis, E and Cafasso, F A and Feder, H M},
abstractNote = {The solubility of xenon in liquid sodium was measured as a function of pressure (2-8 atm) and temperature (350-600$sup 0$C). Henry's law was obeyed with the value of the Henry's law constant, K/sub H/ = N/sub Xe//P, ranging from 1.38 x 10$sup -10$ atm$sup -1$ at 350C, to 1.59 x 10$sup -8$ atm$sup -1$ at 600$sup 0$C where N/sub Xe/ and P are the atom fraction and the partial pressure of xenon, respectively. The temperature dependence of solubility may be represented by log$sub 10$ lambda = (0.663 +- 0.01) - (4500 +- 73) T$sup -1$, where lambda is the Ostwald coefficient (the volume of xenon dissolved per unit volume of sodium at the temperature of the experiment). The heat of solution of xenon in sodium was 20.6 +- 0.7 kcal/mole, where the standard state of xenon is defined as that of 1 mole of an ideal gas, confined to a volume equal to the molar volume of sodium. (auth)},
doi = {10.1021/je60068a027},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/4089542}, journal = {J. Chem. Eng. Data, v. 21, no. 1, pp. 75-76},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1976},
month = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1976}
}