METHOD FOR PRODUCING THORIUM TETRACHLORIDE
Patent
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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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