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Tritium extraction from neutron-irradiated lithium aluminate.; Extraccion del tritio generado por irradiacion neutronica de aluminato de litio.

Abstract

Lithium aluminate is being strongly considered as a breeder material because of its thermophysical, chemical and mechanical stability at high temperatures and its favorable irradiation behavior. Furthermore, it is compatible with other blanket and structural materials. In this work, the effects of calcination temperature during preparation, extraction temperature and sweep gas composition were observed. Lithium aluminate prepared by four different methods, was neutron irradiated for 30 minutes at a flux of 10{sup 12} -10{sup 13} n/cm{sup 2} s in the TRIGA Mark III reactor at Salazar, Mexico; and the tritium extraction rate was measured. Calcination temperature do not affect the tritium extraction rate. However, using high calcination temperature, gamma lithium aluminate was formed. The tritium extraction at 600 Centigrade degrees was lower than at 800 Centigrade degrees and the tritium amount extracted by distillation of the solid sample was higher. The sweep gas composition showed that tritium extraction was less with Ar plus 0.5 % H{sub 2} that with Ar plus 0.1 % H{sub 2}. This result was contrary to expected, where the tritium extraction rate could be higher when hydrogen is added to the sweep gas. Probably this effect could be attributed to the gas purity. (Author).
Authors:
Publication Date:
Oct 01, 1995
Product Type:
Thesis/Dissertation
Report Number:
INIS-mf-14592
Reference Number:
SCA: 070100; 400101; PA: AIX-26:069783; EDB-95:134392; ERA-20:029155; NTS-96:007134; SN: 95001471590
Resource Relation:
Other Information: TH: Thesis (Chemical Engineer).; PBD: 1995
Subject:
07 ISOTOPE AND RADIATION SOURCE TECHNOLOGY; 40 CHEMISTRY; TRITIUM; EXTRACTION; LIQUID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; LITHIUM; ARGON; BREEDING; CALCINATION; EXTRACTION APPARATUSES; HYDROGEN; THERMAL NEUTRONS; TRIGA-3-SALAZAR REACTOR; X-RAY DIFFRACTION
OSTI ID:
110376
Research Organizations:
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City (Mexico)
Country of Origin:
Mexico
Language:
Spanish
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE96602677; TRN: MX9500010069783
Availability:
INIS; OSTI as DE96602677
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
60 p.
Announcement Date:
Oct 30, 1995

Citation Formats

Garcia H, F. Tritium extraction from neutron-irradiated lithium aluminate.; Extraccion del tritio generado por irradiacion neutronica de aluminato de litio.. Mexico: N. p., 1995. Web.
Garcia H, F. Tritium extraction from neutron-irradiated lithium aluminate.; Extraccion del tritio generado por irradiacion neutronica de aluminato de litio.. Mexico.
Garcia H, F. 1995. "Tritium extraction from neutron-irradiated lithium aluminate.; Extraccion del tritio generado por irradiacion neutronica de aluminato de litio." Mexico.
@misc{etde_110376,
title = {Tritium extraction from neutron-irradiated lithium aluminate.; Extraccion del tritio generado por irradiacion neutronica de aluminato de litio.}
author = {Garcia H, F}
abstractNote = {Lithium aluminate is being strongly considered as a breeder material because of its thermophysical, chemical and mechanical stability at high temperatures and its favorable irradiation behavior. Furthermore, it is compatible with other blanket and structural materials. In this work, the effects of calcination temperature during preparation, extraction temperature and sweep gas composition were observed. Lithium aluminate prepared by four different methods, was neutron irradiated for 30 minutes at a flux of 10{sup 12} -10{sup 13} n/cm{sup 2} s in the TRIGA Mark III reactor at Salazar, Mexico; and the tritium extraction rate was measured. Calcination temperature do not affect the tritium extraction rate. However, using high calcination temperature, gamma lithium aluminate was formed. The tritium extraction at 600 Centigrade degrees was lower than at 800 Centigrade degrees and the tritium amount extracted by distillation of the solid sample was higher. The sweep gas composition showed that tritium extraction was less with Ar plus 0.5 % H{sub 2} that with Ar plus 0.1 % H{sub 2}. This result was contrary to expected, where the tritium extraction rate could be higher when hydrogen is added to the sweep gas. Probably this effect could be attributed to the gas purity. (Author).}
place = {Mexico}
year = {1995}
month = {Oct}
}