It is shown that the thermodynamics characteristics of uranium hexafluoride solutions with volatile hexaand pentafluoride elements are a consequence of the strictly symmetric configuration of their molecular structure in the gaseous and liquid states. Simple methods are proposed for evaluating the properties of binary mixtures of elemental penta- and hexafluorides. These methods are based on a comparison of the element–fluorine bond length in the constituent molecules of system and the known enthalpy of mixing of one solution with the potential energy in the formation of a pair of unlike molecules of a different solution.
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Ezhov, V.K. Comparative Method of Calculating the Thermodynamic Parameters of Some Uranium Hexafluoride Solutions. At Energy 120, 48–54 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-016-0094-y
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