Process for cleaning a cold trap
AssigneeCommissariat a l'Energie Atomique
InventorsJean-Pierre Maupre, Jean Trouve
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Abstract
A cold trap incorporated into a liquid metal circuit is cleaned by introducing an alkali metal hydroxide in liquid state into the trap and in excess compared with solubility limits of deposited impurities, then heating the trap to totally transform the impurities into liquid phases and draining off these liquid phases. The cleaning operation is carried out in the absence of water.
Claims4
A process for cleaning a cold trap incorporated into a circuit for a liquid metal or a mixture of liquid metals, whereby in said trap are deposited impurities consisting of the hydride and the oxide of the liquid metal or liquid metals in question, comprising the steps of introducing into the trap an alkali metal hydroxide in liquid state and in excess compared with solubility limits of the hydride and the oxide, then heating of the trap up to total transformation of the impurities into liquid phases and draining off of the liquid phases contained in the trap said steps being carried out in the absence of water.
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