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Radon has been known to dissolve well in water although the exact mechanism of this process is still not clear. Thus we investigate a correlation of the solubility of radon… Click to show full abstract
Radon has been known to dissolve well in water although the exact mechanism of this process is still not clear. Thus we investigate a correlation of the solubility of radon to solvent clusters. We found experimentally that the solubility decreases in ethanol–water solutions at certain ethanol contents. Calculation of the clathration enthalpies for a noble gas atom confined in (H2O)20 clusters were performed by using a DFT method to find a correlation between the theoretical enthalpies and experimental enthalpies of dissolution. It is suggested from the results that radon is water-soluble due to encapsulation in a water cluster.
Journal Title: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Year Published: 2018
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