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Solid-liquid equilibrium of the system boric oxide-lithium oxide-water at 300 deg C

Abstract

The solid-liquid equilibrium diagram of the system B{sub 2}O{sub 3}-Li{sub 2}O-H{sub 2}O is, up to now, known only in the temperature range 25 to 100 deg C. We determined the solubility isotherm in the system B{sub 2}O{sub 3}-Li{sub 2}O-H{sub 2}O at 300 deg C for B{sub 2}O{sub 3}/Li{sub 2}O mole ratio from 1 to 600 in solution. The values of saturation concentrations make it possible to predict the behaviour of a possible leak between primary and secondary circuit of nuclear reactors: the results show that at the beginning of the cycle, when the ratio B{sub 2}O{sub 3}/Li{sub 2}O is high, borate precipitation induced by boiling through the leak may lead to occlusion, and that this borate may dissolve when the ratio B{sub 2}O{sub 3}/Li{sub 2}O decreases during the course of the cycle. The solid phases identified by X-Ray diffraction were B{sub 2}O{sub 3}, Li{sub 2}B{sub 10}O{sub 16}H{sub 2}O, Li{sub 4}B{sub 10}O{sub 17}, Li{sub 2}B{sub 4}O{sub 7}, Li{sub 3}B{sub 5}O{sub 8}(OH){sub 2}, LiBO{sub 2}. The existence of Li{sub 3}B{sub 5}O{sub 8}(OH){sub 2} was not reported in low temperatures equilibrium systems.
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Publication Date:
Dec 31, 1991
Product Type:
Conference
Report Number:
CEA-CONF-11283; CONF-9108114-
Reference Number:
SCA: 210200; 360602; PA: AIX-24:042500; SN: 93000990816
Resource Relation:
Conference: 1991 international symposium on chemistry in high temperature aqueous solutions,Provo, UT (United States),19-22 Aug 1991; Other Information: PBD: 1991
Subject:
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; LITHIUM BORIDES; SOLUBILITY; PRIMARY COOLANT CIRCUITS; LEAKS; PWR TYPE REACTORS; TEMPERATURE RANGE 0400-1000 K; WATER CHEMISTRY; 210200; 360602; POWER REACTORS, NONBREEDING, LIGHT-WATER MODERATED, NONBOILING WATER COOLED; STRUCTURE AND PHASE STUDIES
OSTI ID:
10154592
Research Organizations:
CEA Centre d`Etudes de Fontenay-aux-Roses, 92 (France). Service de la Corrosion, d`Electrochimie et Chimie des Fluides
Country of Origin:
France
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE93626263; TRN: FR9302250042500
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS (US Sales Only); INIS
Submitting Site:
FRN
Size:
[10] p.
Announcement Date:
Jun 18, 1993

Citation Formats

Lambert, I. Solid-liquid equilibrium of the system boric oxide-lithium oxide-water at 300 deg C. France: N. p., 1991. Web.
Lambert, I. Solid-liquid equilibrium of the system boric oxide-lithium oxide-water at 300 deg C. France.
Lambert, I. 1991. "Solid-liquid equilibrium of the system boric oxide-lithium oxide-water at 300 deg C." France.
@misc{etde_10154592,
title = {Solid-liquid equilibrium of the system boric oxide-lithium oxide-water at 300 deg C}
author = {Lambert, I}
abstractNote = {The solid-liquid equilibrium diagram of the system B{sub 2}O{sub 3}-Li{sub 2}O-H{sub 2}O is, up to now, known only in the temperature range 25 to 100 deg C. We determined the solubility isotherm in the system B{sub 2}O{sub 3}-Li{sub 2}O-H{sub 2}O at 300 deg C for B{sub 2}O{sub 3}/Li{sub 2}O mole ratio from 1 to 600 in solution. The values of saturation concentrations make it possible to predict the behaviour of a possible leak between primary and secondary circuit of nuclear reactors: the results show that at the beginning of the cycle, when the ratio B{sub 2}O{sub 3}/Li{sub 2}O is high, borate precipitation induced by boiling through the leak may lead to occlusion, and that this borate may dissolve when the ratio B{sub 2}O{sub 3}/Li{sub 2}O decreases during the course of the cycle. The solid phases identified by X-Ray diffraction were B{sub 2}O{sub 3}, Li{sub 2}B{sub 10}O{sub 16}H{sub 2}O, Li{sub 4}B{sub 10}O{sub 17}, Li{sub 2}B{sub 4}O{sub 7}, Li{sub 3}B{sub 5}O{sub 8}(OH){sub 2}, LiBO{sub 2}. The existence of Li{sub 3}B{sub 5}O{sub 8}(OH){sub 2} was not reported in low temperatures equilibrium systems.}
place = {France}
year = {1991}
month = {Dec}
}