PRODUCTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF HELIUM DIFLUORIDE
Abstract
A program to produce and identify the helium difluoride molecule is summarized in this report. Nine tritiated samples wer produced during the program; new IR absorption peaks found in two samples suggest that tritium decay is producing observable changes. It appears too soon to assign these new peaks to helium-compound formation. Experiments during the program indicated it is possible to detect helium-containing compounds in samples containing as little as one-half curie of tritium. The beta decay tritium in a bifluoride-containing specimen was followed by infrared spectrophotometry for evidence of the conversion of F-T-F ions into F-He-F molecules. It was experimentally determined that the optimum method of producing samples was to mix a small amount of polycrystalline NaHF2 with KBr, and cold-press the mixture into transparent pellets. The nine tritiated samples produced under this contract were fully encased to prevent the escape of radioactive material.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1966
- Accession Number
- AD0800497
Entities
People
- Alan R. Miller
Organizations
- Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings