PRODUCTION OF URANIUM MONOCARBIDE
Patent
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OSTI ID:4803846
A method of making essentially stoichiometric uranium monocarbide by pelletizing a mixture of uranium tetrafluoride, silicon, and carbon and reacting the mixture at a temperature of approximately 1500 to 1700 deg C until the reaction goes to completion, forming uranium monocarbide powder and volatile silicon tetrafluoride, is described. The powder is then melted to produce uranium monocarbide in massive form. (AEC)
- Research Organization:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- NSA Number:
- NSA-16-027583
- Assignee:
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Patent Number(s):
- US 3046090
- OSTI ID:
- 4803846
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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