DIRECT INGOT PROCESS FOR PRODUCING URANIUM

Title: DIRECT INGOT PROCESS FOR PRODUCING URANIUM

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A process is given in which uranium tetrafluoride is reduced to the metal with magnesium and in the same step the uranium metal formed is cast into an ingot. For this purpose a mold is arranged under and connected with the reaction bomb, and both are filled with the reaction mixture. The entire mixture is first heated to just below reaction temperature, and thereafter heating is restricted to the mixture in the mold. The reaction starts in the mold whereby heat is released which brings the rest of the mixture to reaction temperature. Pure uranium metal settles in the mold while the magnesium fluoride slag floats on top of it. After cooling, the uranium is separated from the slag by mechanical means.

Inventors:: Leaders, W.M.; Knecht, W.S.

Issue Date:: 1960-11-15

Research Org.:: Originating Research Org. not identified

OSTI Identifier:: 4117504

Patent Number(s):: 2960398

Assignee:: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission DTIE; NSA-15-007393

NSA Number:: NSA-15-007393

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-61

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: CHEMISTRY; CASTING; COOLING; HEATING; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM FLUORIDES; METALS; PRODUCTION; REDUCTION; SEPARATION PROCESSES; SLAGS; TEMPERATURE; URANIUM; URANIUM TETRAFLUORIDE

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  abstractNote = {A process is given in which uranium tetrafluoride is reduced to the metal with magnesium and in the same step the uranium metal formed is cast into an ingot. For this purpose a mold is arranged under and connected with the reaction bomb, and both are filled with the reaction mixture. The entire mixture is first heated to just below reaction temperature, and thereafter heating is restricted to the mixture in the mold. The reaction starts in the mold whereby heat is released which brings the rest of the mixture to reaction temperature. Pure uranium metal settles in the mold while the magnesium fluoride slag floats on top of it. After cooling, the uranium is separated from the slag by mechanical means.},

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