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Direct Photolysis of Uranium Hexafluoride as a Preparatively Utilizable Endothermic Reaction
Author(s) -
Becker Frank S.,
Jacob Eberhard
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.198002271
Subject(s) - uranium hexafluoride , isotope separation , photodissociation , endothermic process , isotopes of uranium , fluorine , uranium , radiochemistry , enriched uranium , laser , chemistry , nuclear fuel cycle , actinide , isotope , fuel cycle , materials science , adsorption , photochemistry , inorganic chemistry , nuclear engineering , nuclear chemistry , radioactive waste , nuclear physics , physics , organic chemistry , optics , metallurgy , engineering
Laser isotopic separation of uranium could profit from UF 6 photodissociation. Direct cleavage of UF 6 (50 g) by UV light into UF 5 and highly pure fluorine was achieved almost quantitatively (39 h) in a new apparatus. It should be possible in principle to accomplish laser isotope separation without scavengers and to recover fluorine in the nuclear fuel cycle.