Formation of actinide hexafluorides at ambient temperatures with krypton difluoride

Journal Article · Thu Feb 27 04:00:00 EST 1986 · Inorg. Chem.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ic00225a016· OSTI ID:5825658

Asprey, L B; Eller, P G; Kinkead, S A

A second low-temperature agent, krypton difluoride, for generating volatile plutonium hexafluoride is reported (dioxygen difluoride is the only other reported agent). Plutonium hexafluoride is formed at ambient or lower temperature by the treatment of various solid substrates with krypton difluoride. Volatilization of uranium and neptunium from solid substrates using gaseous krypton difluoride is also reported for the first time. The formation of actinide hexafluorides has been confirmed for the reaction of krypton difluoride in anhydrous HF with UO/sub 2/ and with uranium and neptunium fluorides at ambient temperatures. Treatment of americium dioxide with krypton difluoride did not yield americium hexafluoride under the conditions studied. 15 references, 2 figures.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM
• OSTI ID: 5825658
• Journal Information: Inorg. Chem.; (United States), Journal Name: Inorg. Chem.; (United States) Vol. 25:5; ISSN INOCA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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38 RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY, AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
400702* -- Radiochemistry & Nuclear Chemistry-- Properties of Radioactive Materials
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS
ACTINIDES
AMERICIUM COMPOUNDS
AMERICIUM OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL PREPARATION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DATA
ELEMENTS
EVAPORATION
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FLUIDS
FLUORIDES
FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
GASES
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
INFRARED SPECTRA
KRYPTON COMPOUNDS
KRYPTON FLUORIDES
LOW TEMPERATURE
MEDIUM TEMPERATURE
METALS
NEPTUNIUM
NEPTUNIUM COMPOUNDS
NEPTUNIUM FLUORIDES
NUMERICAL DATA
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS
PLUTONIUM FLUORIDES
RARE GAS COMPOUNDS
SOLIDS
SPECTRA
SYNTHESIS
TRANSPLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS
TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS
URANIUM
URANIUM COMPOUNDS
URANIUM DIOXIDE
URANIUM FLUORIDES
URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE
URANIUM OXIDES