摘要:
THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO A METHOD FOR FORMING A STABLE, PREDOMINANTLY CRYSTALLINE SOL FROM AN ACID-DEFICIENT SOLUTION OF A HYDROUS METAL OXIDE IN WHICH THE METAL IS IN THE +4 OXIDATION STATE WHICH COMPRISES HEATING SAID SOLUTION TO A CRYSTALLIZING TEMPERATURE TO CAUSE AN INCREASE IN CONDUCTIVITY OF SAID SOLUTION, REMOVING ANION AT THE CRYSTALLIZING TEMPERATURE TO A CONDITION OF FURTHER ACID DIFICIENCY AT A RATE WHICH APPROXIMATES THE RATE OF RELEASE OF FREE ACID TO THE AQUEOUS PHASE OF THE RESULTANT SOL, AND THEN ADJUSTING THE ANION-TO-METAL RATIO OF THE SOL TO A DESIRED ANION-TO-METAL RATIO.
摘要:
A PLATINUM OXIDE CATALYST, WHICH HAS THE UNIQUE PROPERTY OF BECOMING HIGHLY FLOCCULATED IN THE REDUCED STATE, IS EMPLOYED IN AN IMPROVED METHOD FOR PREPARING STABLE URANIUM-CONTAINING SQUASOLS FROM A URANIUM (V)-CONTAINING FEED SOLUTION WHICH IS CATALYTICALLY REDUCED BY HYDROGEN TO A URANIUM (V)-CONTAINING SOLUTION IN A FLOW-THROUGH REDUCTOR VESSEL. THE REDUCED PLATINUM OXIDE CATALYST IS READILY RETAINED IN THE REDUCTOR VESSEL ON A PORPUS FILETER AND THE URANIUM (IV)-CONTAINING SOLUTION IS THEN PROCESSED INTO A STABLE URANIUM-CONTAINING AQUASOL AND CALCINED URANIUM DIOXIDE MICROSPHERES BY KNOWN SOL-GEL PROCESSES.