PROCESS OF PREPARING URANIUM-IMPREGNATED GRAPHITE BODY
Abstract
A method for the fabrication of graphite bodies containing uniformly distributed uranium is described. It consists of impregnating a body of graphite having uniform porosity and low density with an aqueous solution of uranyl nitrate hexahydrate preferably by a vacuum technique, thereafter removing excess aqueous solution from the surface of the graphite, then removing the solvent water from the body under substantially normal atmospheric conditions of temperature and pressure in the presence of a stream of dry inert gas, and finally heating the dry impregnated graphite body in the presence of inert gas at a temperature between 800 and 1400 d C to convert the uranyl nitrate hexahydrate to an oxide of uranium.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- OSTI Identifier:
- 4310776
- Patent Number(s):
- 2835608
- Assignee:
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21C - NUCLEAR REACTORS
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- NSA Number:
- NSA-12-014406
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-58
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- PATENTS; DENSITY; GRAPHITE; HEATING; IMPREGNATION; INERT GASES; PATENT; POROSITY; PREPARATION; PRESSURE; SOLUTIONS; SURFACES; TEMPERATURE; URANIUM; URANIUM OXIDES; URANYL NITRATES; VACUUM; WATER
Citation Formats
Kanter, M A. PROCESS OF PREPARING URANIUM-IMPREGNATED GRAPHITE BODY. United States: N. p., 1958.
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Kanter, M A. PROCESS OF PREPARING URANIUM-IMPREGNATED GRAPHITE BODY. United States.
Kanter, M A. Tue .
"PROCESS OF PREPARING URANIUM-IMPREGNATED GRAPHITE BODY". United States.
@article{osti_4310776,
title = {PROCESS OF PREPARING URANIUM-IMPREGNATED GRAPHITE BODY},
author = {Kanter, M A},
abstractNote = {A method for the fabrication of graphite bodies containing uniformly distributed uranium is described. It consists of impregnating a body of graphite having uniform porosity and low density with an aqueous solution of uranyl nitrate hexahydrate preferably by a vacuum technique, thereafter removing excess aqueous solution from the surface of the graphite, then removing the solvent water from the body under substantially normal atmospheric conditions of temperature and pressure in the presence of a stream of dry inert gas, and finally heating the dry impregnated graphite body in the presence of inert gas at a temperature between 800 and 1400 d C to convert the uranyl nitrate hexahydrate to an oxide of uranium.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {1958},
month = {5}
}
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