Fabrication of uranium nitride

Parkison, Adam

Title: Fabrication of uranium nitride

Patent · Tue Feb 18 00:00:00 EST 2020

OSTI ID:1632559

Parkison, Adam

A method of producing uranium nitride (e.g., uranium mononitride) and/or uranium-containing intermediates that can be used to further produce uranium nitride includes reacting a reaction mixture comprising uranium carbide with a gas comprising hydrogen and nitrogen, cooling the reaction mixture to a temperature suitable to produce a phase comprising U2N3, and heating the reaction mixture to a temperature suitable to convert the phase comprising U2N3 to a phase comprising UN. The method produces highly purified UN, is insensitive to excess carbon reactants, and can be readily integrated into existing uranium production facilities as part of a continuous process.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

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

Patent Number(s):: 10,562,771

Application Number:: 15/889,608

OSTI ID:: 1632559

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 02/06/2018

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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