Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

, Volume 305, Issue 3, pp 723–726 | Cite as

Preparation and sublimation of uranium tetrafluoride for the production of thin 235UF4 targets

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Abstract

A wet chemical precipitation method to convert triuranium octoxide (U3O8), into uranium tetrafluoride (UF4) has been applied to determine the process yield. In this paper the wet chemical precipitation method is described in detail with a quantitative example and yield calculation. Also the vacuum deposition via sublimation of the uranium tetrafluoride is described and the prepared targets are shown.

Keywords

235U Target Radiochemistry Wet chemical precipitation Sublimation 
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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Dr. Rožle Jakopič and Dr. Timotheos Altzitzoglou for their contribution and valuable discussions.

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© Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary 2015

Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (EC-JRC-IRMM)GeelBelgium

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