DOUBLE-BAKED, SELF-CHANNELLING ELECTRODE
Abstract
A method is given for making an electrode for use in the electrolytic reduction of uranium oxides to uranium metal in a fused salt electrolyte. Uranlum oxide such as UO/sub 2/ is mixed with somewhat less than the stoichiometric amount of carbon needed for the reduction, and the mixture is baked and crushed to make a nonspherical material. The latter is then mixed with a carbon binder sufficient to satisfy stoichiometry, pressed into a shape such as a cylinder, and baked. (AEC)
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 4758754
- Patent Number(s):
- 3081237
- Assignee:
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01B - CABLES
C - CHEMISTRY C25 - ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES C25C - PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC PRODUCTION, RECOVERY OR REFINING OF METALS
- NSA Number:
- NSA-17-012608
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-63
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- METALS, CERAMICS, AND OTHER MATERIALS; BAKING; CARBON; CEMENTS; COMPACTING; CYLINDERS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; FUSED SALTS; MIXING; ORE PROCESSING; REDUCTION; SPHERES; URANIUM; URANIUM DIOXIDE; URANIUM OXIDES; USES
Citation Formats
Piper, R D, and Leifield, R F. DOUBLE-BAKED, SELF-CHANNELLING ELECTRODE. United States: N. p., 1963.
Web.
Piper, R D, & Leifield, R F. DOUBLE-BAKED, SELF-CHANNELLING ELECTRODE. United States.
Piper, R D, and Leifield, R F. Tue .
"DOUBLE-BAKED, SELF-CHANNELLING ELECTRODE". United States.
@article{osti_4758754,
title = {DOUBLE-BAKED, SELF-CHANNELLING ELECTRODE},
author = {Piper, R D and Leifield, R F},
abstractNote = {A method is given for making an electrode for use in the electrolytic reduction of uranium oxides to uranium metal in a fused salt electrolyte. Uranlum oxide such as UO/sub 2/ is mixed with somewhat less than the stoichiometric amount of carbon needed for the reduction, and the mixture is baked and crushed to make a nonspherical material. The latter is then mixed with a carbon binder sufficient to satisfy stoichiometry, pressed into a shape such as a cylinder, and baked. (AEC)},
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place = {United States},
year = {1963},
month = {3}
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