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Low-temperature conversion of uranium oxides to uranium hexafluoride using dioxygen difluoride

Journal Article · · Nucl. Technol.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5845738
The fluorination of uranium oxides to volatile uranium hexafluoride with elemental fluorine requires temperatures of 300 to 400/sup 0/C to achieve appreciable conversion rates. Until now no gaseous agent has been reported that will efficiently carry out this technologically important transformation at low temperature. In this paper, the authors report such a reaction using dioxygen difluoride at room temperature.
Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of California Los Alamos, NM
OSTI ID:
5845738
Journal Information:
Nucl. Technol.; (United States), Journal Name: Nucl. Technol.; (United States) Vol. 73:1; ISSN NUTYB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS
AMBIENT TEMPERATURE
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL PREPARATION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
FLUORIDES
FLUORINATION
FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
FLUORINE OXIDES
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HALOGENATION
HIGH TEMPERATURE
MATTER
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
SYNTHESIS
URANIUM COMPOUNDS
URANIUM FLUORIDES
URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE
URANIUM OXIDES
VOLATILE MATTER