PRODUCTION OF PLUTONIUM METAL
Abstract
A process is given for producing plutonium metal by the reduction of plutonium chloride, dissolved in alkali metal chloride plus or minus aluminum chloride, with magnesium or a magnesium-aluminum alloy at between 700 and 800 deg C and separating the plutonium or plutonium-aluminum alloy formed from the salt.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 4103721
- Patent Number(s):
- 2968547
- Assignee:
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C22 - METALLURGY C22B - PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS
- NSA Number:
- NSA-15-007394
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-61
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- CHEMISTRY; ALKALI METALS; ALLOYS; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM CHLORIDES; CHLORIDES; MAGNESIUM; METALS; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM CHLORIDES; PRODUCTION; REDUCTION; SALTS; SEPARATION PROCESSES; TEMPERATURE
Citation Formats
Lyon, W L, and Moore, R H. PRODUCTION OF PLUTONIUM METAL. United States: N. p., 1961.
Web.
Lyon, W L, & Moore, R H. PRODUCTION OF PLUTONIUM METAL. United States.
Lyon, W L, and Moore, R H. Tue .
"PRODUCTION OF PLUTONIUM METAL". United States.
@article{osti_4103721,
title = {PRODUCTION OF PLUTONIUM METAL},
author = {Lyon, W L and Moore, R H},
abstractNote = {A process is given for producing plutonium metal by the reduction of plutonium chloride, dissolved in alkali metal chloride plus or minus aluminum chloride, with magnesium or a magnesium-aluminum alloy at between 700 and 800 deg C and separating the plutonium or plutonium-aluminum alloy formed from the salt.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {1961},
month = {1}
}
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