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Candidates for leadership provide statements: ANS Board of Directors
With the annual ANS election right around the corner, American Nuclear Society members will be going to the polls to vote for a vice president/president-elect, treasurer, and members-at-large for the Board of Directors. In January, Nuclear News published statements from candidates for vice president/president-elect and treasurer. This month, we are featuring statements from each nominee for the Board of Directors.
Sidney Katz, George I. Cathers
Nuclear Technology | Volume 5 | Number 1 | July 1968 | Pages 5-10
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT68-A27978
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In the search for an efficient sorption-desorption system for recovering and purifying plutonium hexafluoride, 31 candidate metal fluorides were tested. Of these, the fluorides of the IA and IIA metals were found to react (or sorb) most favorably and were therefore selected for further study. Results of extensive tests, in which the sorption and desorption capabilities of these more promising fluorides were considered, indicated that only lithium fluoride was effective in both respects. A chemical equilibrium was found to exist between plutonium hexafluoride, fluorine, lithium fluoride, and a complex (probably Li4PuF8) containing Pu(IV). The sorption of plutonium hexafluoride was much improved as the surface area of the lithium fluoride was increased. Plutonium hexafluoride containing no detectable uranium hexafluoride was obtained from a mixture by a sorption-desorption separation.
