DEVELOPMENT OF A DEUTERIUM SEPARATION FACTORS  IN PALLADIUM-HYDROGEN SYSTEMS MEASUREMENT METHOD IN ORDER TO EVALUATE THE TRITIUM SEPARATION

MARIANA ILIESCU, MIHAI CULCER, MIRCEA RACEANU, ADRIAN ENACHE, IOAN STEFANESCU

National Institute of Cryogenics & Isotopic Technologies, Rm.Valcea, O.P.4; P.O.Box 10; Code 240050, Romania, http://www.icsi.ro

ABSTRACT:
 
The paper deals with a method and an experimental assembly accomplished in order to investigate hydrogen- deuterium separation factors on Palladium-hydrogen system over a wider range of temperatures and compositions, covering the β phase (hydrided Palladium- no dissolved hydrogen, only combined hydrogen).
KEYWORDS: Palladium-hydrogen system, thermodynamic isotope effect, separation factor, thermistor, thermal conductivity