Abstract
UF6is commonly employed in enrichment technologies and is known to react rapidly with water vapor to form radioactive particulates and hydrofluoric acid vapor. The kinetics of the UF6hydrolysis reaction have been observed directly for the first time. The rate appears to be half order and second order for UF6and water, respectively, with a rate constant of 1.19 ± 0.22 Torr−3/2s−1. The proposed mechanism involves formation of the [UF6·2H2O] adductviatwo separate reactions.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 34729-34731 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | RSC Advances |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 57 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 18 2020 |
Funding
The authors would also like to thank Dr Lee T. Trowbridge, Harold L. Jennings and Chris P. Boring for contributions to this work and the National Nuclear Security Administration's Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Office of Research and Development for supporting this work.