FLUORINATION PROCESS
Abstract
A process for the fluorination of uranium metal is described. It is known that uranium will react with liquid chlorine trifluoride but the reaction proceeds at a slow rate. However, a mixture of a halogen trifluoride together with hydrogen fluoride reacts with uranium at a significantly faster rate than does a halogen trifluoride alone. Bromine trifluoride is suitable for use in the process, but chlorine trifluoride is preferred. Particularly suitable is a mixture of ClF/sub 3/ and HF having a mole ratio (moles
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 4314193
- Patent Number(s):
- 2811413
- 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-12-004600
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-58
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- PATENTS; BROMINE FLUORIDES; CHLORINE FLUORIDES; FLUORINATION; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; MIXING; PATENT; URANIUM
Citation Formats
McMillan, T S. FLUORINATION PROCESS. United States: N. p., 1957.
Web.
McMillan, T S. FLUORINATION PROCESS. United States.
McMillan, T S. Tue .
"FLUORINATION PROCESS". United States.
@article{osti_4314193,
title = {FLUORINATION PROCESS},
author = {McMillan, T S},
abstractNote = {A process for the fluorination of uranium metal is described. It is known that uranium will react with liquid chlorine trifluoride but the reaction proceeds at a slow rate. However, a mixture of a halogen trifluoride together with hydrogen fluoride reacts with uranium at a significantly faster rate than does a halogen trifluoride alone. Bromine trifluoride is suitable for use in the process, but chlorine trifluoride is preferred. Particularly suitable is a mixture of ClF/sub 3/ and HF having a mole ratio (moles},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {1957},
month = {10}
}
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