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New approaches to the study of lanthanide/actinide chloride: aluminum chloride vapor phase complexes

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OSTI ID:6013344
The spectrophotometric technique for vapor density measurements of complexed metal ions has been reformulated to account for temperature dependent effects and multi-species systems. Analysis of vapor pressure information indicates that the NdCl/sub 3/--AlCl/sub 3/ and HoCl/sub 3/--AlCl/sub 3/ systems are adequately explained by the existence of three vapor species. The two higher molecular weight complexes LnAl/sub 4/Cl/sub 15/ and LnAl/sub 3/Cl/sub 12/ were first proposed by Oeye and Gruen. The newly identified higher temperature species, HoAl/sub 2/Cl/sub 9/, contributes significantly to the vapor density above 750/sup 0/K and below 3 atm of dimer pressure. In view of the consistency of the Nd/sup +3/ and Ho/sup +3/ chemistry the data for the Sm/sup +3/ system should be viewed with reservation. A new method for vapor density measurements involving use of radioactive tracers has been discussed in terms of its applicability to the study of (Ln,An)Cl/sub 3/(AlCl/sub 3/)/sub x/ systems.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
6013344
Report Number(s):
CONF-790641--8
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English