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Solution-Based Synthesis Of Nitride Fuels, Kenneth Czerwinski, Tyler A. Sullens
Solution-Based Synthesis Of Nitride Fuels, Kenneth Czerwinski, Tyler A. Sullens
Fuels Campaign (TRP)
One of the original synthetic routes devised for the synthesis of U (III)N involved the entire reaction taking place in liquid ammonia. Several experimental reactions were conducted in an attempt to synthesize the UI3(NH3)x and U(NH2)3(NH3)x precursors of U(III) N. Each attempt involved cleaning of the uranium metal to remove the oxide coating of the metal reagent with 3 washes of concentrated nitric acid, each followed by a rinse with liquid ammonia. Success of this cleaning procedure was varied, with a majority of cleaned metal oxidizing rapidly once …
Solution-Based Synthesis Of Nitride Fuels, Kenneth Czerwinski, Thomas Hartmann
Solution-Based Synthesis Of Nitride Fuels, Kenneth Czerwinski, Thomas Hartmann
Fuels Campaign (TRP)
A wide variety of fuel concepts are considered for advanced reactor technology including metals, metal oxides or metal nitrides as solid solutions or composite materials. Nitride fuels have appropriate properties for advanced fuels including high thermal conductivity, thermal stability, solid-state solubility of actinides, fissile metal density, and suitable neutronic properties. A drawback of nitride fuels involves their synthesis. A key parameter for preparing oxide fuels is the precipitation step in the sol-gel process. For nitride fuels, the current synthetic route is carbothermic reduction from the oxide to the nitride. This process step is based on solid phase reactions and for …