Solubility of xenon in liquid sodium

The solubility of xenon in liquid sodium was measured as a function of pressure (2-8 atm) and temperature (350-600$sup 0$C). Henry's law was obeyed with the value of the Henry's law constant, K/sub H/ = N/sub Xe//P, ranging from 1.38 x 10$sup -10$ atm$sup -1$ at 350C, to 1.59 x 10$sup -8$ atm$sup -1$ at 600$sup 0$C where N/sub Xe/ and P are the atom fraction and the partial pressure of xenon, respectively. The temperature dependence of solubility may be represented by log$sub 10$ lambda = (0.663 +- 0.01) - (4500 +- 73) T$sup -1$, where lambda is the Ostwald coefficient (the volume of xenon dissolved per unit volume of sodium at the temperature of the experiment). The heat of solution of xenon in sodium was 20.6 +- 0.7 kcal/mole, where the standard state of xenon is defined as that of 1 mole of an ideal gas, confined to a volume equal to the molar volume of sodium. (auth)