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PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE

Patent ·
OSTI ID:4282160
A process is described for the manufacture of uranium bexafluoride which consists in contacting an oxide of uranium simultaneously with elemental carbon and elemental fluorine at an elevated temperature, using a proportion of the carbon to the oxide about 50% in excess of that theoretically required to combine with f the oxygen as C0/.sub 2/. The process has the advantage that the uranium oxide is reduced by tbe carbon aad converted to the hexafluoride in a single operation.
Research Organization:
Originating Research Org. not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-13-008387
Assignee:
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Patent Number(s):
US 2859096
OSTI ID:
4282160
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English