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Method for producing halogenated products from metal halide feeds

  • US 5,717,149 A
  • Filed: 06/05/1995
  • Issued: 02/10/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/05/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for processing uranium hexafluoride, comprising the steps of:

  • a) providing an aluminum-based refractory lined reactor;

    b) providing a nickel metal bath in said reactor;

    c) directing said uranium hexafluoride into the molten metal bath at a rate and condition which causes the uranium hexafluoride to interact with at least one reactant;

    d) directing said reactant into the reactor;

    e) maintaining a carbon concentration in the molten metal bath of less than about 0.1 weight percent; and

    f) establishing and maintaining conditions in said reactor to cause said uranium hexafluoride to react to produce recoverable uranium and fluorinated products, whereby the products are discharged from the molten metal bath for subsequent recovery.

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