METHOD OF MAKING ALLOYS OF BERYLLIUM WITH PLUTONIUM AND THE LIKE

Patent · Tue Feb 24 00:00:00 EST 1959

OSTI ID:4239023

Runnals, O J.C.

The production of alloys of beryllium with one or more of the metals uranium, plutonium, actinium, americium, curium, thorium, and cerium are described. A halide salt of the metal to be alloyed with the beryllium is heated at 1300 deg C in the presence of beryllium to reduce the halide to metal and cause the latter to alloy directly with the beryllium. Although the heavy metal halides are more stable, thermodynamically, than the beryllium halides, the reducing reaction proceeds to completion if the beryllium halide product is continuously removed by vacuum distillation.

• Research Organization: Originating Research Org. not identified
• NSA Number: NSA-13-015431
• Assignee: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
• Patent Number(s): US 2875041
• OSTI ID: 4239023
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-59
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

METALLURGY AND CERAMICS
ACTINIUM COMPOUNDS
AMERICIUM COMPOUNDS
BERYLLIUM ALLOYS
BERYLLIUM COMPOUNDS
CERIUM ALLOYS
CURIUM COMPOUNDS
DISTILLATION
HALIDES
HEATING
HIGH TEMPERATURE
PLUTONIUM ALLOYS
REDUCTION
SALTS
THORIUM ALLOYS
VACUUM