Abstract
The thermal decomposition of uranyl chloride and its interaction with uranium dioxide in a chloride melt of NaC1− KC1 was investigated. It was demonstrated that the decomposition products of uranyl chloride and the products of its interaction with uranium dioxide are uranium octoxide and tetrachloride. An explanation was given for the nonstoiehiometry of the cathodic deposits of uranium dioxide produced in the electrolysis of chloride melts containing uranyl ions.
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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 30–33, January, 1967.
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Smirnov, M.V., Komarov, V.E. & Koryushin, A.P. Decomposition of uranyl chloride and its interaction with uranium dioxide in molten NaCl−KCl. At Energy 22, 34–37 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01225390
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