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Low-Temperature Conversion of Uranium Oxides to Uranium Hexafluoride Using Dioxygen Difluoride

Larned B. Asprey, Scott A. Kinkead, P. Gary Eller

Nuclear Technology / Volume 73 / Number 1 / April 1986 / Pages 69-71

Technical Paper / Chemical Processing / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT86-A16202

Efficient high-purity uranium hexafluoride formation has been observed from the reaction of gaseous dioxygen difluoride with U3O8 at room temperature.