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The behavior of oxygen in liquid lead-bismuth eutectic

  • Dongdong Li
  • , Chi Song
  • , H. Y. He
  • , C. S. Liu
  • , B. C. Pan
  • , Y. C. Wu
  • University of Science and Technology of China
  • CAS - Institute of Solid State Physics

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Abstract

By performing first principles calculations, we investigate the status and migration behavior of oxygen in liquid lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE). We find that oxygen prefers to bond with four Pb atoms, forming a tetrahedron-like oxide complex in LBE. Driven by temperature effect, each oxide complex diffuses, with undergoing a dynamical exchange between one of its first-neighboring Pb atoms and a second-neighboring metallic atom. In addition, the diffusion coefficient of oxygen in LBE is calculated at 500, 800 and 1000 K, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)62-65
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Nuclear Materials
Volume437
Issue number1-3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

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