Specialized metallurgical processes – compositions for use therei – Processes – Electrothermic processes
Patent
1996-01-18
2000-08-01
Mai, Ngoclan
Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therei
Processes
Electrothermic processes
75 1013, 75 1015, 75 1018, 75 102, 75 1021, 75 1022, 423249, C21B 1110
Patent
active
060961090
ABSTRACT:
A method for converting a ligated-metal into chemical components of the ligated-metal includes forming an ionized zone that can convert the ligated-metal to a reduced ligated-metal intermediate. The ligated-metal is directed into the ionized zone, whereby the ligated-metal is converted to a reduced ligated-metal intermediate, thereby causing a thermodynamically stable metal-ligand bond of the ligated-metal to be electronically destabilized and inducing subsequent metal-ligand bond rupture. The reduced ligated-metal intermediate is converted by the metal-ligand bond rupture into chemical components of the ligated-metal. Ligated-metals that are suitable for processing by the method of the invention include, for example: uranium hexafluoride (UF.sub.6); sodium chloride (NaCl); and metal halides, such as iron trichloride (FeCl.sub.3). Chemical components that can be recovered from the ligated-metal include, for example, metals and gases derived from the ligand component of the ligated-metals.
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Bach Robert D.
Nagel Christopher J.
Mai Ngoclan
Molten Metal Technology, Inc.
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