PROCESS FOR PRODUCING URANIUM TETRAFLUORIDE
Abstract
>This patent relates to improvements in the method for producing uranium tetrafluoride by treating an aqueous solutlon of a uranyl salt at an elevated temperature with a reducing agent effective in acld solutlon in the presence of hydrofluoric acid. Uranium tetrafluoride produced this way frequentiy contains impurities in the raw material serving as the source of uranium. Uranium tetrafluoride much less contaminated with impurities than when prepared by the above method can be prepared from materials containing such impurities by first adding a small proportion of reducing agent so as to cause a small fraction, for example 1 to 5% of the uranium tetrafluoride to be precipitated, rejecting such precipitate, and then precipitating and recovering the remainder of the uranium tetrafluoride.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- OSTI Identifier:
- 4325625
- Patent Number(s):
- 2689165
- 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-12-010237
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-58
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- PATENTS; ACIDS; CONTAMINATION; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; IMPURITIES; PATENT; PRECIPITATION; PRODUCTION; REDUCTION; SOLUTIONS; URANIUM TETRAFLUORIDE; URANYL COMPOUNDS; WATER
Citation Formats
Harvey, B G. PROCESS FOR PRODUCING URANIUM TETRAFLUORIDE. United States: N. p., 1954.
Web.
Harvey, B G. PROCESS FOR PRODUCING URANIUM TETRAFLUORIDE. United States.
Harvey, B G. Tue .
"PROCESS FOR PRODUCING URANIUM TETRAFLUORIDE". United States.
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title = {PROCESS FOR PRODUCING URANIUM TETRAFLUORIDE},
author = {Harvey, B G},
abstractNote = {>This patent relates to improvements in the method for producing uranium tetrafluoride by treating an aqueous solutlon of a uranyl salt at an elevated temperature with a reducing agent effective in acld solutlon in the presence of hydrofluoric acid. Uranium tetrafluoride produced this way frequentiy contains impurities in the raw material serving as the source of uranium. Uranium tetrafluoride much less contaminated with impurities than when prepared by the above method can be prepared from materials containing such impurities by first adding a small proportion of reducing agent so as to cause a small fraction, for example 1 to 5% of the uranium tetrafluoride to be precipitated, rejecting such precipitate, and then precipitating and recovering the remainder of the uranium tetrafluoride.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Sep 14 00:00:00 EDT 1954},
month = {Tue Sep 14 00:00:00 EDT 1954}
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