Method for producing halogenated products from metal halide feeds
US5717149A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 5, 1995 |
| Grant date | Feb 10, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 5, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG21F9/32
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus producing halogenated products from metal halide feeds. In one embodiment, uranium hexafluoride is treated by separating fluorine from the metal of the uranium hexafluoride. Uranium hexafluoride is introduced into a molten metal bath under conditions whereby the uranium hexafluoride in the presence of hydrogen and oxygen can react to form a uranium dioxide and anhydrous hydrogen fluoride. The anhydrous hydrogen fluoride is removed from the molten metal bath as a gas stream and the uranium dioxide is discharged as a ceramic phase.
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