Method of preparation of uranium nitride

Kiplinger, Jaqueline Loetsch; Thomson, Robert Kenneth James

Title: Method of preparation of uranium nitride

Abstract

Method for producing terminal uranium nitride complexes comprising providing a suitable starting material comprising uranium; oxidizing the starting material with a suitable oxidant to produce one or more uranium(IV)-azide complexes; and, sufficiently irradiating the uranium(IV)-azide complexes to produce the terminal uranium nitride complexes.

Inventors:: Kiplinger, Jaqueline Loetsch; Thomson, Robert Kenneth James

Publication Date:: Tue Jul 09 00:00:00 EDT 2013

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1087898

Patent Number(s):: 8,481,002

Application Number:: 13/010,588

Assignee:: Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)

DOE Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS

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