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REDUCTION OF PLUTONIUM TO Pu$sup +3$ BY SODIUM DITHIONITE IN POTASSIUM CARBONATE

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OSTI ID:4273653

Plutonium values are reduced in an alkaline aqueous medlum to the trlvalent state by means of sodium dlthionite. Plutonlum values are also separated from normally assoclated contaminants by metathesizing a lanthanum fluoride carrier precipitate containing plutonium with a hydroxide solution, performing the metathesis in the presence of about 0.2 M sodium dithionite at a temperature of between 40 and 90 icient laborato C.

Research Organization:
Originating Research Org. not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-13-008432
Assignee:
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Patent Number(s):
US 2864665
OSTI ID:
4273653
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English