Open AccessHALOGEN COLLECTOR TEST PROGRAM
Publication year - 1960
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/4133852
Subject(s) - charcoal , chemistry , iodine , halogen , adsorption , activated charcoal , nuclear chemistry , organic chemistry , alkyl
Efficiency tests of removal of radioactive iodine from an air stream were performed on the following halogen collectors: a silver-plated copper-ribbon bed: activatedcharcoal beds, 0.5 and l.0 in. deep: a molecular-sieve bed; and a sodium thiosulfate bed. The tests were conducted at 70 and 160 deg F and at 70 and 95% relative humidity. Only the activated-charcoal collectors achieved a high iodineremoval efficiency over a sustained period at the various operating conditions. (C.J.G.