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PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER 10, 7954<br />

TABLE 8.1. COMPARISON OF ENTHALPY DETERMINATIONS AT <strong>ORNL</strong> AND NBS FOR<br />

NaF-ZrF,-UF, (53-43-4 mole %)<br />

Temperature<br />

(OC)<br />

ORN L<br />

Enthalpy (cal/g)<br />

Bunsen Copper Block<br />

6 00 182 178.9 178.9<br />

700 2 07 205.4 205.3<br />

800<br />

900<br />

232<br />

257<br />

In <strong>the</strong>se expressions H is <strong>the</strong> enthalpy in cal/g,<br />

c is <strong>the</strong> heat capacity in cal/g."C,<br />

P<br />

temperature in OC.<br />

and t is <strong>the</strong><br />

Viscosity<br />

S. I. Cohen T. N. Jones<br />

Reactor Experimental Engineering Division<br />

The program of viscometry technique refinement<br />

previously discussed5 is under way, and measure-<br />

ments have been made on one mixture. Studies<br />

will be made on o<strong>the</strong>rs as samples become avail-<br />

able.<br />

A number of changes have been made in <strong>the</strong><br />

viscosity apparatus. The length of <strong>the</strong> Brookfield<br />

spindle has been doubled, which allows <strong>the</strong> speed<br />

of rotation of <strong>the</strong> instrument to be halved without<br />

reducing <strong>the</strong> shear force. This reduction in speed<br />

assures <strong>the</strong> existence of laminar flow. <strong>Salt</strong>s are<br />

contained in new tubes with a smaller diameter<br />

232.0<br />

258.5<br />

NBS<br />

231.1<br />

256.0<br />

handling of <strong>the</strong> instruments and improve atmos-<br />

pheric control. New calibrating liquids which have<br />

densities comparable to <strong>the</strong> densities of <strong>the</strong><br />

fluorides are being used for both viscometers.<br />

Among <strong>the</strong>se liquids are low-melting-point, easily<br />

handled, fused salt mixtures and heavy organic-<br />

ha I ogen compound s.<br />

Recent measurements made on NaF-ZrF,-UF,<br />

(53.5-40-6.5 mole %) are presented in Fig. 8.4.<br />

It may be noted that <strong>the</strong> average values obtained<br />

from <strong>the</strong> recent measurements are about 30% lower<br />

6<br />

than <strong>the</strong> preliminary values given previously.<br />

However, when <strong>the</strong> preliminary measurements were<br />

reported, only <strong>the</strong> more pessimistic, Brookfield<br />

values were given. It can also be seen from<br />

Fig. 8.4 that <strong>the</strong> agreement between <strong>the</strong> two instru-<br />

ments for <strong>the</strong> recent measurements is much better<br />

than for <strong>the</strong> earlier set of measurement:;. This<br />

result is due to improved fluoride preparcition and<br />

handling techniques, as well as to <strong>the</strong> refined<br />

viscometry methods.<br />

6S. I. Cohen and T. N. Jones, Preliminary Measure-<br />

5S. I. Cohen, ANP Quar. Prog. Rep. Sept. 10, 1954, ments of <strong>the</strong> Viscosity of Fluoride Mixture No. 44,<br />

<strong>ORNL</strong>-1771, P 127. <strong>ORNL</strong> CF-53-8-217 (Aug. 31, 1953).

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