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Bubble Formation Modeling in IE-911

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/764653· OSTI ID:764653

The author used diffusion modeling to determine the hydrogen and oxygen concentration inside IE-911. The study revealed gas bubble nucleation will not occur in the bulk solution inside the pore or on the pore wall. This finding results from the fast oxygen and hydrogen gas molecular diffusion and a very confined pore space. The net steady state concentration of these species inside the pore proves too low to drive bubble nucleation. This study did not investigate other gas bubble nucleating mechanism such as suspended particles in solution.

Research Organization:
Savannah River Site (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
US Department of Energy (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC09-96SR18500
OSTI ID:
764653
Report Number(s):
WSRC-TR-2000-00161
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English