Published August 1997 | Version v1
Journal article

Formation of uranium and cerium nitrides by the reaction of carbides with NH3 and N2/H2 stream

  • 1. Osaka Univ. (Japan). Dept. of Nucl. Eng.
  • 2. Industrial Technology R and D Department, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, National Industrial Research Institute of Nagoya, Hirate-cho, Kita-ku, Nagoya 462 (Japan)
  • 3. Department of Applied Physics and Chemistry, Fukui University of Technology, 3-6-1, Gakuen, Fukui, Fukui 910 (Japan)

Description

UC or CeC2 were converted into U2N3 or CeN by the use of NH3 or an N2/H2 gas mixture. A stream of NH3 works not only as a nitriding agent but also as a carbon clearing agent due to its high nitriding and hydriding activities. When the carbide is converted into nitride, carbon is liberated. Some experiments were performed in order to examine the role of the carbon activity of carbon materials (amorphous carbon or graphite) in the formation of CH4. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Nuclear Materials
Journal Volume
247
Journal Issue
1-3
Journal Page Range
p. 127-130.
ISSN
0022-3115
CODEN
JNUMAM

Conference

Title
9. international symposium on thermodynamics of nuclear materials (STNM-9) in conjunction with the 14. IUPAC conference on chemical thermodynamics.
Dates
25-30 Aug 1996.
Place
Toyonaka (Japan).