Published 2014 | Version v1
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The aqueous synthesis of UMoO6 and its significance for nuclear fuel

Creators

  • 1. Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, ON (Canada)
  • 2. Univ. of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON (Canada)

Description

While investigating the thermodynamics of the U-Mo-O chemical system, it became necessary to synthesize a quantity of UMoO6. A novel aqueous method for the synthesis of UMoO6 was explored, involving the reaction between aqueous salts of molybdate (MoO42- ) and uranyl (UO22+) in a 1:1 ratio. One attempt resulted in the formation of a mixed U-Mo oxide: Na8(UO2)24(MoO4)28. Full characterization of this novel compound, including definitive structural determination via single crystal X-ray diffraction (SC-XRD), is included herein. A second attempt formed a product resembling UMoO6. (author)

Part of:
PBNC 2014 : 19th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference; 38th Annual Student Conference of the Canadian Nuclear Society and Canadian Nuclear Association

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Canadian Nuclear Society
Imprint Place
Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
ISBN
978-1-926773-16-2
Imprint Title
PBNC 2014 : 19th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference; 38th Annual Student Conference of the Canadian Nuclear Society and Canadian Nuclear Association
Imprint Pagination
270 Megabytes
Journal Page Range
[6 p.]

Conference

Title
19. Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference; 38. Annual Student Conference of the Canadian Nuclear Society and Canadian Nuclear Association
Dates
24-28 Aug 2014
Place
Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada)

INIS

Country of Publication
Canada
Country of Input or Organization
Canada
INIS RN
49016443
Subject category
S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
MOLYBDATES; MOLYBDENUM; NUCLEAR FUELS; SYNTHESIS; URANIUM; URANYL COMPOUNDS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; ACTINIDES; COHERENT SCATTERING; DIFFRACTION; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; FUELS; MATERIALS; METALS; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REFRACTORY METAL COMPOUNDS; REFRACTORY METALS; SCATTERING; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS

Optional Information

Notes
12 refs., 1 tab., 7 figs.