Condensation of Pure He(3) and Its Vapor Pressures Between 1.2 Deg. and Its Critical Point,

Abstract

On October 13, 1948 the authors succeeded in condensing pure He(3), that was prepared by E. S. Robinson and E. M. Potter of the laboratory. The isotope was 'grown' from pure tritium solutions by beta decay of the tritium. The latter was initially separated from traces of He(4) by passage through a palladium valve. The He(3) was purified by absorption of H(2) and T(2) in uranium, followed by repeated successive passages over (1) hot CuO followed by a liquid air trap, and (2) hot Ca, thus removing all other impurities except the rare gases.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1948
Accession Number
ADA316306

Entities

People

  • E. F. Hammel
  • E. R. Grilly
  • S. G. Sydoriak

Organizations

  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Beta Decay
  • Boiling Point
  • Condensation
  • Critical Temperature
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Equations Of State
  • Heat Energy
  • Latent Heat
  • Low Temperature
  • Manometers
  • Measurement
  • Microvessels
  • Phase Transformations
  • Pressure Measurement
  • United States
  • Vapor Pressure

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Electrochemical Engineering/ Fuel Cell Technologies
  • Solar Physics