Non-invasive acoustic monitoring of D₂O concentration

Technical Report · Tue May 08 00:00:00 EDT 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1438135· OSTI ID:1438135

Pantea, Cristian ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

There is an urgent need for real-time monitoring of the hydrogen /deuterium ratio (H/D) for heavy water production monitoring. Based upon published literature, sound speed is sensitive to the deuterium content of heavy water and can be measured using existing acoustic methods to determine the deuterium concentration in heavy water solutions.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-06NA25396
• OSTI ID: 1438135
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-18-24010
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English