ORNL-1771 - Oak Ridge National Laboratory

P,NP QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPOK'I
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Initial Melt Composition (mal2 76) E qu i I i brnti on
ZrF4 UF, NoF LiF
63.7 36.3
47.0
47.0
45.9 4-0
45.9 4.0
39.9 6.5
39.9 6.5
4.5
4.5
4.5
4.5
4-5
4,5
4,s
5.5
1.8
1.8
53 I?
53.c
50.1
50. i
53.6
53.6
113.8
95.5
95.5
40.8
10.8 43.8
10.8 43.8
lo,% 43.8
10.8
--. io - I
43.8
43.5
11.1 44.5
11.1 44.5
....
4
5
5
3
3
4
4
50
26
3
28
52
28
2
28
24
24
ratios. All wwc rich in re;! crystals (no gr
all) js~otd as "KT-IJF, ~crmplcx compound." No
tetroiolcnt urmiiiiil (ot!i-- ~!-isn p~ssit;b= trocc
quontitiss) could be distinguisl-4 in this system,
although tctravaleiut vcciniwn v.05 found in both thc
LiF and the TrF4-hearing systems 4e:c 'he FCduction
vas vastly more mrnplstc. These rczv!ts
are quit= surprising, since pct:cgrnphic cxamInotiuli
has generally been quite sensitive in ascerhiaing
srrinll aimou~:s of UF, or UT, in other systzms.
Additional studics in these oncl sinillat SjsteAins
wi [ E be made,
78
800
8 00
800
800
800
800
800
8 25
8 50
780
780
780
600
600
600
8 00
8 00
. . . . . . .
U0
0
100
100
0
0
0
__
0
175
200
106
100
100
100
200
50
9 1.8
9 1.8
z ro
128
0
0
25
25
15
15
0
0
15
15
15
0
0
0
0
0
Ratio Qf u3* io
Total u
Expected Found
1.0
1.0
1.0
0.25
0.25
0.15
0.15
1.0
1 .o
1.0
1.0
1.0
1 .o
1.0
Q,5
0.9 :8
0.9 78
9.88
0.89
0.88
0.14
0.17
0.19
0.12
0.96
0.9 1
0.4 1
0.48
0.44
0.59
0.76
0.33
0.30
0.42
Fivoridc ProTczsing Fuciiity
J, F, Eorgu"
ly I, Truijt
als Chcnistry DivislQn
The alkrjl;-mztal fluoridc prsc-cssing facility completed
Mc;y 15, 1954 is used shief!y for thF development
of witablc ~TDCCS+B~ for the productican of
alkali-mctr! fli.roride aixtvrez containing UF,.
There haw hem several prepnsitions, howevzr, od
specid batches of othor rarnpssitinnb to fulfill
spccific ne~dx. Snglc batches of appiaximately