Published August 1986
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Journal article
The reaction of water vapour with a clean liquid uranium surface
Description
To study the reaction of water vapour with uranium, we have exposed clean liquid uranium surfaces to H2O under ultra-high vacuum (UHV) conditions. We have measured the surface concentration of oxygen as a function of exposure, and determined the maximum attainable surface oxygen concentration XOs as a function of temperature. We have used these measurements to estimate, close to the melting point, the solubility of oxygen, XOb (less than 10-4) and its surface segregation coefficient, βs (greater than 103). (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- J. Less-Common Met.
- Journal Volume
- 122
- Series
- J. Less-Common Met.
- Journal Page Range
- 101-105
- ISSN
- 0022-5088
- CODEN
- JCOMA
Conference
- Title
- International conference on actinides (Actinides '85).
- Dates
- 2-6 Sep 1985.
- Place
- Aix-en-Provence (France).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Switzerland
- Country of Input or Organization
- Switzerland
- INIS RN
- 18017724
- Subject category
- S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE; S38: RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; LIQUID METALS; OXIDES; OXYGEN; SEGREGATION; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; URANIUM; WATER VAPOR
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDES; CHALCOGENIDES; ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ELEMENTS; FLUIDS; GASES; LIQUIDS; METALS; NONMETALS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; SPECTROSCOPY; VAPORS
Optional Information
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- Contract W-7405-ENG-48