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’Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house
No electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged by the chimney with care
With the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
J. C. Biery, C. R. Cushing
Nuclear Technology | Volume 4 | Number 2 | February 1968 | Pages 109-120
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT68-A26337
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The mass transfer of tantalum in Pu-Co-Ce melts was studied by gamma-scanning capsules containing radioactive tantalum in contact with the liquid metal. Eight experiments were run with melts of 5- and 8-g Pu/cm3 at temperatures from 700 to 750°C at the hot zones and with 25°C/in. of longitudinal temperature gradient. The results show all mass transfer rates in tantalum capsules to be < 1 mil/year and, in most cases, < 0.2 mil/year when the source and sink are not closely coupled. A carbon addition to the system appeared to be deleterious since, in one experiment with all capsule surfaces carburized, rates were accelerated by a factor of 10.