Open AccessDECOMPOSITION OF THE TRIBUTYL PHOSPHATE-NITRATE COMPLEXES
Author(s) -
G.S. Nichols
Publication year - 1960
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/4117445
Subject(s) - tributyl phosphate , decomposition , nitric acid , uranyl nitrate , chemistry , nitrate , inorganic chemistry , isothermal process , nuclear chemistry , organic chemistry , uranium , materials science , thermodynamics , metallurgy , physics , extraction (chemistry)
Rates of decomposition are reported for the tributyl phosphate complexes of uranyl nitrate and nitric acid under isothermal and adiabatic conditions. These data are used to estimate conditions at which the decomposition reaction becomes self-accelerating. (auth