The capillary reservoir technique was used to study the self-diffusion of 82Br in LiBr-KBr melts (table 21). The activation energy for the tracer diffusion of 82Br in eutectic mixtures, at temperatures ranging from 360 to 760C, was equal to 6.2kcal/mol.

M.Chemla, P.Lantelme, O.P.Mehta: Journal de Chimie Physique et de Physicochimie Biologique, 1969, October, 136-43

 

 

Table 21

Tracer Diffusion of 82Br in KBr-LiBr Melts

 

LiBr (%)

Temperature (C)

D (cm2/s)

4

750

5.62 x 10-5

24.5

659

4.44 x 10-5

24.5

736

4.93 x 10-5

24.5

759

5.87 x 10-5

36

555

2.74 x 10-5

36

557

2.75 x 10-5

51.5

363

9.99 x 10-6

51.5

401

1.28 x 10-5

51.5

456

1.80 x 10-5

51.5

507

2.40 x 10-5

51.5

554

3.11 x 10-5

51.5

655

4.47 x 10-5

51.5

761

6.31 x 10-5

76

535

2.46 x 10-5

76

643

3.57 x 10-5

76

747

5.50 x 10-5

99

571

3.24 x 10-5

99

669

3.80 x 10-5

99

750

5.00 x 10-5