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The Location of Sodium by Nuclear Activation in Glass‐Corroded Tank Block Refractories
Author(s) -
LAING K. M.,
EMHISER D. E.,
FITZGERALD J. V.,
JONES R. E.
Publication year - 1951
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1951.tb13018.x
Subject(s) - crucible (geodemography) , materials science , grog , metallurgy , corrosion , refractory metals , radioactive waste , sodium , refractory (planetary science) , platinum , mineralogy , composite material , chemistry , nuclear chemistry , biochemistry , computational chemistry , catalysis
The location and concentration of sodium in refractory samples tested in molten plate glass was shown by two nuclear physics techniques, activation and isotope tracing. Detection of the radioactive atoms was accomplished by photographic plates (autoradiography). Corrosion by molten glass was carried out either in a small glassmelting tank or in hot glass in a platinum crucible. Clay‐grog and fused‐cast refractories were tested. The results were anomalous, but illuminating.