PURIFICATION OF URANIUM FUELS

Patent · Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1959

OSTI ID:4193744

Niedrach, L W; Glamm, A C

An electrolytic process of refining or decontaminating uranium is presented. The impure uranium is made the anode of an electrolytic cell. The molten salt electrolyte of this cell comprises a uranium halide such as UF/sub 4/ or UCl/sub 3/ and an alkaline earth metal halide such as CaCl/sub 2/, BaF/sub 2/, or BaCl/sub 2/. The cathode of the cell is a metal such as Mn, Cr, Co, Fe, or Ni which forms a low melting eutectic with U. The cell is operated at a temperature below the melting point of U. In operation the electrodeposited uranium becomes alloyed with the metal of the cathode, and the low melting alloy thus formed drips from the cathode.

• Research Organization: Originating Research Org. not identified
• NSA Number: NSA-14-006367
• Assignee: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
• Patent Number(s): US 2902415
• OSTI ID: 4193744
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-60
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

CHEMISTRY
ANODES
BARIUM CHLORIDES
BARIUM FLUORIDES
CALCIUM CHLORIDES
CATHODES
CHROMIUM
COBALT
DECONTAMINATION
ELECTROLYSIS
ELECTROLYTES
ELECTROLYTIC CELLS
EUTECTICS
IRON
MANGANESE
MELTING
NICKEL
REFINING
URANIUM
URANIUM CHLORIDES
URANIUM TETRAFLUORIDE