Separation of uranium and zirconium in a “chloride melt - Ga-Zn eutectic alloy” system

M. N. Soldatova, D. S. Maltsev, V. A. Volkovich

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Abstract

Polarization of solid (tungsten) and liquid (zinc, gallium-zinc eutectic alloy) was studied in LiCl-KCl-ZrCl4, LiCl-KCl-UCl4, LiCl-KCl-UCl3 and LiCl-KCl-ZrCl4-UCl4 melts. Deposition potentials of zirconium and uranium were determined. Ga-Zn alloy showed a difference of ca. 0.9 V in U and Zr deposition potentials. Separation factor of zirconium and uranium in a “molten salt - liquid Ga-Zn alloy” system was determined.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationVII International Young Researchers'' Conference - Physics, Technology, Innovations, PTI 2020
EditorsVladimir A. Volkovich, Ilya V. Kashin, Andrey A. Smirnov, Evgeniy D. Narkhov
PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9780735440531
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 9 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event7th International Young Researchers'' Conference on Physics, Technology, Innovations, PTI 2020 - Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation
Duration: May 18 2020May 22 2020

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume2313
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference7th International Young Researchers'' Conference on Physics, Technology, Innovations, PTI 2020
Country/TerritoryRussian Federation
CityEkaterinburg
Period05/18/2005/22/20

Funding

This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project No. 17–73–20156).

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