Abstract:
PROCESS FOR PREPARING NH4UF5 IN ALPHA CRYSTALLINE FORM BY ADDING TO AN AQUEOUS ACIDIC SOLUTION OF A URANYL SALT CONTAINING CUPRIC IONS, CHLORIDE IONS AND AMMONIUM IONS, HYDROGEN FLUORIDE AND HYDROXYLAMINE, THE HYDROXYLAMINE BEING ADDED IN AMOUNTS AND TIME OF ADDITION SO AS TO MAINTAIN A CONCENTRATION OF AT LEAST ABOUT 0.07 MOL OF HYDROXYLAMINE PER LITER OF SOLUTION UNTIL THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE URANIUM IN THE URANYL SALT HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO NH4UF5.
Abstract:
This invention relates to the reduction of sulfur dioxide to elemental sulfur wherein a feed mixture of a sulfur dioxidecontaining gas and a hydrocarbon reducing agent is reacted at elevated temperatures in the presence of minor amounts of elemental sulfur.