Synthesis and stability of liquid molecular DT

Conference · Thu Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1988 · Fusion Technol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5865815

Pearon, E M; Garza, R G; Griffith, C M; Mayhugh, S R; Mapoles, E R; Sater, J D; Souers, P C; Tsugawa, R T; Gaines, J R; Collins, G W

Regular equimolar deuterium-tritium is a mixture of 25 mol% T/sub 2/-50% DT-25% D/sub 2/. The authors have synthesized molecular DT of greater purity by the reaction LiT + CH/sub 3/OD /yields/ DT + LiOCH/sub 3/, run at 243 K. With both the alcohol and reactor-to-cryostat transfer lines at room temperature, they obtain the 88 mol% DT purity. By cooling the alcohol and holding the transfer lines at 80 K, the yield rose to 95% DT. The DT disproportionated to D/sub 2/ and T/sub 2/ with a 1/e time constant of about 100 hr in the liquid at 20.5 K. Nuclear magnetic resonance data showed that the eventual T/sub 2/-DT-D/sub 2/ equilibrium is probably a hot-atom one.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA); Hawaii Univ., Honolulu, HI (USA). Dept. of Physics; Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (USA). Dept. of Physics
• OSTI ID: 5865815
• Report Number(s): CONF-880505-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Fusion Technol.; (United States) Journal Volume: 14:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

38 RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY, AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
400702 -- Radiochemistry & Nuclear Chemistry-- Properties of Radioactive Materials
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700205* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Fuel
Heating
& Injection Systems
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
CRYOSTATS
D-T REACTORS
DATA ANALYSIS
DEUTERIUM
DISPERSIONS
EQUILIBRIUM
EQUIPMENT
HYDRIDES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
LIGHT NUCLEI
LITHIUM COMPOUNDS
LITHIUM HYDRIDES
LITHIUM TRITIDES
MAGNETIC RESONANCE
MIXTURES
NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
RADIOISOTOPES
RESONANCE
STABILITY
STABLE ISOTOPES
STEADY-STATE D-T REACTORS
STEADY-STATE FUSION REACTORS
SYNTHESIS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
THERMOSTATS
TRITIUM
TRITIUM COMPOUNDS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES