Published January 1999 | Version v1
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Containment of nitric acid solutions of Plutonium-238

Creators

  • 1. Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, MS E502, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544 (United States)

Description

The corrosion of various metals that could be used to contain nitric acid solutions of Pu-238 has been studied. Tantalum and tantalum/2.5% tungsten resisted the test solvent better than 304L stainless steel and several INCONEL alloys. The solvent used to imitate nitric acid solutions of Pu-238 contained 70% nitric acid, hydrofluoric acid, and ammonium hexanitratocerate. copyright 1999 American Institute of Physics

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
458
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 1560-1563
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
1999 space technology and applications international forum
Dates
31 Jan - 4 Feb 1999
Place
Albuquerque, NM (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
30038266
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE; S42: ENGINEERING;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CHROMIUM ALLOYS; CORROSION; INCONEL ALLOYS; NICKEL; NITRIC ACID; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM 238; STAINLESS STEEL-304L; TANTALUM; TANTALUM ALLOYS; TANTALUM BASE ALLOYS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ACTINIDES; ALLOYS; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; AUSTENITIC STEELS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CARBON ADDITIONS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; CHROMIUM-NICKEL STEELS; CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; ELEMENTS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HEAT RESISTANT MATERIALS; HEAT RESISTING ALLOYS; HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; HEAVY NUCLEI; HIGH ALLOY STEELS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; INORGANIC ACIDS; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; IRON ALLOYS; IRON BASE ALLOYS; ISOTOPES; LOW CARBON-HIGH ALLOY STEELS; MATERIALS; METALS; NICKEL ALLOYS; NICKEL BASE ALLOYS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NUCLEI; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPES; SILICON 32 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES; STAINLESS STEELS; STEEL-CR19NI10-L; STEELS; TANTALUM ALLOYS; TRANSITION ELEMENT ALLOYS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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Secondary number(s)
CONF-990103--