Studies on chemical speciation of sodium aerosols produced in sodium fire

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 257-269

  Subramanian, V ^a   Sahoo, P ^a   Malathi, N ^a   Ananthanarayanan, R ^a   Baskaran, R ^a   Saha, B ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Conductometric titration; Hydroxide and carbonate; Sodium aerosol chemical speciation

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; FAST REACTORS; FIRES; SODIUM; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLUTIONS; TITRATION;

CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL INSTRUMENTATION; COMPOSITION OF SPECIES; CONDUCTOMETRIC TITRATIONS; CONFINED ENVIRONMENT; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; SYNTHETIC MIXTURES; WET CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL SPECIATION;

EID: 62649154759     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT09-A4100     Document Type: Article

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