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 |