The capillary reservoir technique was used to study the self-diffusion of 42K in LiBr-KBr melts (table 22). The activation energy for the tracer diffusion of 42K in eutectic mixtures, at temperatures ranging from 360 to 760C, was equal to 6.0kcal/mol.

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

 

 

Table 22

Tracer Diffusion of 42K in KBr-LiBr Melts

 

LiBr (%)

Temperature (C)

D (cm2/s)

4

750

6.31 x 10-5

24.5

659

4.90 x 10-5

24.5

759

6.30 x 10-5

36

557

3.91 x 10-5

51.5

360

1.16 x 10-5

51.5

363

9.80 x 10-6

51.5

401

1.82 x 10-5

51.5

456

2.17 x 10-5

51.5

507

3.07 x 10-5

51.5

548

3.12 x 10-5

51.5

554

3.31 x 10-5

51.5

642

4.91 x 10-5

51.5

655

5.37 x 10-5

51.5

761

6.76 x 10-5

76

496

3.38 x 10-5

76

535

2.92 x 10-5

76

643

4.33 x 10-5

76

747

8.44 x 10-5

99

566

4.93 x 10-5

99

571

5.07 x 10-5

99

669

6.80 x 10-5

99

750

8.50 x 10-5