Year: 2024
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: UF6 is highly reactive and readily hydrolyzes in contact with moisture to form uranyl fluoride (UO2 F2 ) and hydrofluoric acid (HF), however there is disagreement between experimental and computation investigations into the intermediates of the reaction. • As the hydrolysis reaction occurs at very fast time scales, it is difficult to investigate the intermediates and reaction kinetics experimentally. • Previous experiments at SRNL have had some success at halting and studying the UF6 hydrolysis reaction using cryogenic techniques, however isotopic substitution studies limit possible identity of intermediate compounds. • Primary goal of this project is to capture and study reaction intermediates produced during the gas phase hydrolysis of UF6 via supersonic expansion.
DOI: 10.2172/2476645
Institution: Savannah River National Laboratory
Language: English
Subfield: Inorganic Chemistry
Field: Chemistry
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4404234931