[ RadSafe ] Salsman's uranium trioxide gas proof

[bobcherry at satx.rr.com]

Apparently Mr. Salsman has misplaced his physical chemistry textbook and forgotten the part about phase diagrams.
Bob C

----- Original Message ----- 
From: James Salsman <jsalsman at gmail.com> 
Date: Thursday, January 25, 2007 12:43 pm 
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Salsman's uranium trioxide gas proof 
To: Otto Raabe <ograabe at ucdavis.edu> 
Cc: radsafelist <radsafe at radlab.nl> 

> Dr. Raabe, 
> 
> I find this very difficult to believe: 
> 
> > Cooling is virtually instantaneous even near the combustion 
> process and 
> > results in all (not half) of the vapor being converted to solid 
> oxide> particles. 
> 
> How do "all" of the diffusing gas molecules know to turn around and 
> head toward a surface? 
> 
> Did you actually measure this? You say that Carter and Stewart 
> supports your assertions, as does your own work, but Carter and 
> Stewart contains no such mass measurements. 
> 
> What are the actual numbers upon which you base this absolute claim, 
> and where are they documented? 
> 
> Sincerely, 
> James Salsman 
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