Process for the conversion of uranium oxide to uranium metal and uranium alloys
US5735932A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 19, 1996 |
| Grant date | Apr 7, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 19, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC22B60/0286
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for preparing uranium metal or alloy thereof suitable for use in a metal-based uranium enrichment plant or other use requiring a superdense metal comprising providing a molten metal bath containing the alloy metal and feeding uranium oxide and a reactive metal reductant into the molten metal bath so that the oxide is reduced to elemental uranium and alloying the thus formed uranium with the bath metal.
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