PROCESS OF FORMING PLUOTONIUM SALTS FROM PLUTONIUM EXALATES
Abstract
A process is presented for converting plutonium oxalate to other plutonium compounds by a dry conversion method. According to the process, lower valence plutonium oxalate is heated in the presence of a vapor of a volatile non- oxygenated monobasic acid, such as HCl or HF. For example, in order to produce plutonium chloride, the pure plutonium oxalate is heated to about 700 deg C in a slow stream of hydrogen plus HCl. By the proper selection of an oxidizing or reducing atmosphere, the plutonium halide product can be obtained in either the plus 3 or plus 4 valence state.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 4252990
- Patent Number(s):
- 2875025
- Assignee:
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01G - COMPOUNDS CONTAINING METALS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C01D OR C01F
- NSA Number:
- NSA-13-015129
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-59
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELECTRONS; GAS FLOW; GASES; HALIDES; HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; HYDROGEN; IMPURITIES; MINERAL ACIDS; OPERATION; OXALATES; OXIDATION; PATENT; PLUTONIUM CHLORIDES; PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS; PREPARATION; QUANTITY RATIO; REDUCTION; SALTS; VALENCE; VAPORS; WATER
Citation Formats
Garner, C S. PROCESS OF FORMING PLUOTONIUM SALTS FROM PLUTONIUM EXALATES. United States: N. p., 1959.
Web.
Garner, C S. PROCESS OF FORMING PLUOTONIUM SALTS FROM PLUTONIUM EXALATES. United States.
Garner, C S. Tue .
"PROCESS OF FORMING PLUOTONIUM SALTS FROM PLUTONIUM EXALATES". United States.
@article{osti_4252990,
title = {PROCESS OF FORMING PLUOTONIUM SALTS FROM PLUTONIUM EXALATES},
author = {Garner, C S},
abstractNote = {A process is presented for converting plutonium oxalate to other plutonium compounds by a dry conversion method. According to the process, lower valence plutonium oxalate is heated in the presence of a vapor of a volatile non- oxygenated monobasic acid, such as HCl or HF. For example, in order to produce plutonium chloride, the pure plutonium oxalate is heated to about 700 deg C in a slow stream of hydrogen plus HCl. By the proper selection of an oxidizing or reducing atmosphere, the plutonium halide product can be obtained in either the plus 3 or plus 4 valence state.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {1959},
month = {2}
}
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