Gas-phase molybdenum-99 separation from uranium dioxide by fluoride volatility using nitrogen trifluoride
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- 21 January 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in RSC Advances
- Vol. 10 (6) , 3472-3478
Abstract
Data demonstrates large variance in the volatilization temperatures of MoO2 (likely as MoF6) vs. UO2 (as UF6). This forms the basis of a gas-phase separation of 99Mo from U.Keywords
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