Formation of actinide hexafluorides at ambient temperatures with krypton difluoride

Journal Article · Thu Feb 27 00:00:00 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), Vol. 25:5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

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