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Hydrolysis of Uranium Carbides between 25 and 100°. I. Uranium Monocarbide

Journal Article · · Inorganic Chemistry
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ic50003a047· OSTI ID:4828279
High-purity uranium monocarbide, when allowed to react with water at temperatures between 25 and 99 deg , yielded a gelatinous, hydrous, tetravalent uranium oxide and a gas (93 ml (STP) per gram of UC hydrolyzed) consisting of 86 vol% methane, 11 vol% hydrogen, 1.8 vol% ethane, and small quantities of saturated C 3- to C6-hydrocarbons. The gaseous products contained all the carbon originally present in the carbide. Hydrolysis, at 80 deg , of monocarbide specimens containing dispersed uranium metal yielded the expected gaseous products and an additional 2 moles of hydrogen per mole of uranium metal. The rate of hydrolysis was studied briefly.
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab., Tenn.
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
NSA Number:
NSA-16-025341
OSTI ID:
4828279
Journal Information:
Inorganic Chemistry, Journal Name: Inorganic Chemistry Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 1; ISSN 0020-1669
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English