NIFS-TECH-04

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Author(s):

K.V. Khlopenkov, S. Sudo, V.Yu. Sergeev

Title:

Operation of the Lithium Pellet Injector

Date of publication:

May 1996

Key words:

lithium pellet, pellet injection, glove-box, pellet loading

Abstract:

A lithium pellet injection requires an accurate handling with lithium and special technique of loading the pellets . Thus, the technology for this has been developed based on the following conditions: 1) Because of chemical activity of lithium it is necessary to operate in a glove-box with the noble gas atmosphere (He, Ar, etc.). 2) A special procedure of replacing the glove-box atmosphere allows to achieve high purity of the noble gas. 3) When making the pellets it is better to keep the clean lithium in the liquid hexane so as to maintain lithium purity. 4) The pressure of the accelerafing gas for Li pellets should be not less than 30 atm.

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