The Diffusion of 3He and 4He in LiF

Abstract
Helium isotopes were produced in single crystals of LiF by means of the nuclear reaction 6Li(n, 3H) 4He and by the subsequent decay of 3H into 3He. At a constant temperature of 620 °C the isotopic ratios of the outgassed helium isotopes were measured as a function of time respectively as a function of the released fraction. The ratio of the diffusion constants D3/D4 was found to be at most 1.02 which is considerably smaller than the maximum classical value of 1.155.

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