Thermal process for the conversion of uranium hexafluoride
US5752158A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 30, 1996 |
| Grant date | May 12, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 30, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC01P2006/80
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A single-step process for producing solid uranium oxide and gaseous HF from UF.sub.6 which comprises bringing together two gaseous reactant streams, one of said streams comprising UF.sub.6 optionally admixed with oxygen as O.sub.2, and the second reactant stream comprising a mixture of hydrogen as H.sub.2 or as a hydrogen-containing compound and oxygen as an oxygen-containing compound, said gaseous reactant streams being brought together at a temperature and composition such that the UF.sub.6 is converted rapidly by flame reaction into readily separable solid uranium oxide and a gaseous HF product.
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