Abstract
Chemical reduction of uranyl(VI) ions was studied in melts based on NaCl-2CsCl, NaCl-KCl, 3LiCl-2KCl and LiCl between 550 and 750°C by high-temperature electronic absorption spectroscopy and electrochemistry. Elemental hydrogen, zirconium, niobium, molybdenum, silver, palladium, tellurium and Nb(III) chloro-species were used as the reducing agents. The products formed depend on temperature, melt composition and the nature of the reductant.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Molten Salts Chemistry and Technology |
| Publisher | Wiley Blackwell |
| Pages | 507-520 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Volume | 9781118448731 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781118448847 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781118448731 |
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| State | Published - Jun 23 2014 |
Keywords
- Alkali chloride melts
- Electronic absorption spectroscopy
- Hydrogen
- Molybdenum
- Niobium
- Nuclear fuel reprocessing
- Palladium
- Reduction
- Silver
- Tellurium
- Uranium
- Uranyl
- Zirconium