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METHOD FOR PRODUCING THORIUM TETRACHLORIDE

Patent ·
OSTI ID:4166464

A process for producing thorium tetrachloride from thorium concentrate comprises reacting thorium concentrates with a carbonaceous reducing agent in excess of 0.05 part by weight per part of thoriferous concentrate at a temperature in excess of 1300 deg C, cooling and comminuting the mass, chlorinating the resulting comminuting mass by suspending in a gaseous chlorinating agent in a fluidized reactor at a temperatare maintained between about l85 deg C and 770 deg C, and removing the resulting solid ThCl/sub 4/ from the reaction zone.

Research Organization:
Originating Research Org. not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-14-015679
Assignee:
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Patent Number(s):
US 2928721
OSTI ID:
4166464
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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