FLUORINE PROCESS FOR SEPARATION OF MATERIALS
Abstract
A process is described for separating plutoniunn from neutron-irradiated uranium, which consists of reacting the irradiated uranium mass with HF to form the tetrafluorides of U, Pu, and Np, and then reacting this mixture of tetrafluorides with fiuorine at temperature between 140 and 315 d C. This causes volatile hexafluorides of U and Np to form while at the temperature employed the Pu tetrafluoride is unaffected and remains as a residue.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- OSTI Identifier:
- 4310777
- Patent Number(s):
- 2833617
- 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-12-014399
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-58
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- PATENTS; FLUORINATION; FLUORINE; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; IRRADIATION; NEPTUNIUM; NEPTUNIUM FLUORIDES; NEUTRON BEAMS; PATENT; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM FLUORIDES; RESIDUES; SEPARATION PROCESSES; TEMPERATURE; URANIUM; URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE
Citation Formats
Seaborg, G T, and Brown, H S. FLUORINE PROCESS FOR SEPARATION OF MATERIALS. United States: N. p., 1958.
Web.
Seaborg, G T, & Brown, H S. FLUORINE PROCESS FOR SEPARATION OF MATERIALS. United States.
Seaborg, G T, and Brown, H S. Thu .
"FLUORINE PROCESS FOR SEPARATION OF MATERIALS". United States.
@article{osti_4310777,
title = {FLUORINE PROCESS FOR SEPARATION OF MATERIALS},
author = {Seaborg, G T and Brown, H S},
abstractNote = {A process is described for separating plutoniunn from neutron-irradiated uranium, which consists of reacting the irradiated uranium mass with HF to form the tetrafluorides of U, Pu, and Np, and then reacting this mixture of tetrafluorides with fiuorine at temperature between 140 and 315 d C. This causes volatile hexafluorides of U and Np to form while at the temperature employed the Pu tetrafluoride is unaffected and remains as a residue.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1958},
month = {Thu May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1958}
}
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