Using the capillary reservoir technique, a study was made of the self-diffusion of 26Al in various melts (table 207). The results were taken to indicate the presence of various species in the melt: AlF63-, AlF4-, AlF3, AlF2+, Na2F+ and NaF.

D.Harari, F.Lantelme, M.Chemla: Comptes Rendus de l’Academie des Sciences – C, 1970, 270[8], 653-6

 

 

 

Table 207

Self-Diffusion of 26Al in NaF-AlF3 Melts

 

AlF3 (mol%)

Temperature (C)

D (cm2/s)

2.06

1050

4.90 x 10-5

2.06

1049

5.62 x 10-5

2.06

1054

5.57 x 10-5

13.5

1041

7.45 x 10-5

13.5

1034

7.43 x 10-5

25

1052

6.77 x 10-5

25

1052

6.90 x 10-5