In a recent email, Ed Storms observed that the sample of the Lugano ash that was tested was probably not at all representative of the material that was active in the reactor core. At the temperatures measured, many of the materials would have melted (or vaporized), and those that did not melt were sintered; probably sintering themselves to the walls of the inner alumina shell. Because of this, anything that could have emerged as a powder after the test when the vessel was opened would not be a representative sample of the true active ash which would have remained inside firmly attached to the walls of the reactor vessel. What was tested as ash is likely inert or random left-over inert slag in the reactor.
Bob Higgins On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 5:50 PM, Robert Ellefson <vortex-h...@e2ke.com> wrote: > Recall that the bulk results show 57% Li-6 enrichment, vs. 92% surface > enrichment. I believe the higher fraction of Li-6 on the surface is the > result of starvation of the reaction cycle resulting in an excess of Li-6 > as > compared to the steady-state balance during operation, which is reflected > in > the bulk composition. > > Read these messages for further details: > http://www.mail-archive.com/vortex-l%40eskimo.com/msg98020.html (msg has > an > error, should read ni62, not ni68) > http://www.mail-archive.com/vortex-l%40eskimo.com/msg98350.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/vortex-l%40eskimo.com/msg98422.html > > -Bob > >
