Direct vapor/solid synthesis of mercuric iodide using compounds of mercury and iodine

Patent Application · Mon Jul 24 00:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:6724607

Skinner, N L

A process is disclosed for producing high purity mercuric iodide by passing a gaseous source of a mercuric compound through a particulate bed of a low vapor pressure iodide compound which is maintained at an elevated temperature which is the lower of either: (a) just below the melting or volatilization temperature of the iodide compound (which ever is lower); or (b) just below the melting point of the other reaction product formed during the reaction; to cause the mercuric compound to react with the iodide compound to form mercuric iodide which then passes as a vapor out of the bed into a cooler condensation region.

• Research Organization: EG and G Energy Measurements, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/DP
• DOE Contract Number: AC08-83NV10282
• Assignee: Dept. of Energy
• Patent Number(s): PATENTS-US-A7384197
• Application Number: ON: DE90015179; PPN: US 7-384197
• OSTI ID: 6724607
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

37 INORGANIC
ORGANIC
PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
MERCURY IODIDES
CHEMICAL PREPARATION
INVENTIONS
IODINE COMPOUNDS
MELTING POINTS
MERCURY COMPOUNDS
VAPORS
FLUIDS
GASES
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
IODIDES
MERCURY HALIDES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SYNTHESIS
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
TRANSITION TEMPERATURE
400201* - Chemical & Physicochemical Properties