Solubility of non-interacting gases in molten salts — reinterpretation of the uhlig-blander equation in terms of modified hole theory

Abstract

The physical basis of the Uhlig-Blander theory is criticized. It Is shown that gas solubilities may equally well be explained assuming that gas molecules occupy thermal holes already present in the liquid. Classical hole theory is modified by the introduction of a radius-dependent microscopic surface tension. The resulting solubility equation resembles the Uhlig-Blander equation.