Kim B H, Lee Y B, Prelas M A, Ghosh T K
Department of Fast Reactor Technology Development, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, 150 Deokjin-dong, Daejeon, 305-353 Korea.
Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO USA.
J Radioanal Nucl Chem. 2012;292(3):1075-1083. doi: 10.1007/s10967-011-1579-8. Epub 2012 Jan 3.
Two types of ammonium uranyl nitrate (NH)UO(NO)·2HO and NHUO(NO), were thermally decomposed and reduced in a TG-DTA unit in nitrogen, air, and hydrogen atmospheres. Various intermediate phases produced by the thermal decomposition and reduction process were investigated by an X-ray diffraction analysis and a TG/DTA analysis. Both (NH)UO(NO)·2HO and NHUO(NO) decomposed to amorphous UO regardless of the atmosphere used. The amorphous UO from (NH)UO(NO)·2HO was crystallized to γ-UO regardless of the atmosphere used without a change in weight. The amorphous UO obtained from decomposition of NHUO(NO) was crystallized to α-UO under a nitrogen and air atmosphere, and to β-UO under a hydrogen atmosphere without a change in weight. Under each atmosphere, the reaction paths of (NH)UO(NO)·2HO and NHUO(NO) were as follows: under a nitrogen atmosphere: (NH)UO(NO)·2HO → (NH)UO(NO)·HO → (NH)UO(NO) → NHUO(NO) → A-UO → γ-UO → UO, NHUO(NO) → A-UO → α-UO → UO; under an air atmosphere: (NH)UO(NO)·2HO → (NH)UO(NO)·HO → (NH)UO(NO) → NHUO(NO) → A-UO → γ-UO → UO, NHUO(NO) → A-UO → α-UO → UO; and under a hydrogen atmosphere: (NH)UO(NO)·2HO → (NH)UO(NO)·HO → (NH)UO(NO) → NHUO(NO) → A-UO → γ-UO → α-UO → UO, NH UO(NO) → A-UO → β-UO → α-UO → UO.
两种硝酸双氧铀铵(NH₄)₂UO₂(NO₃)₂·2H₂O 和 NH₄UO₂(NO₃),在热重-差热分析仪中于氮气、空气和氢气氛围下进行热分解和还原。通过 X 射线衍射分析和热重/差热分析对热分解和还原过程中产生的各种中间相进行了研究。无论使用何种氛围,(NH₄)₂UO₂(NO₃)₂·2H₂O 和 NH₄UO₂(NO₃)都会分解为无定形的 UO₂。由(NH₄)₂UO₂(NO₃)₂·2H₂O 分解得到的无定形 UO₂,无论在何种氛围下都会结晶为γ-UO₂,且重量不变。由 NH₄UO₂(NO₃)分解得到的无定形 UO₂,在氮气和空气氛围下结晶为α-UO₂,在氢气氛围下结晶为β-UO₂,且重量不变。在每种氛围下,(NH₄)₂UO₂(NO₃)₂·2H₂O 和 NH₄UO₂(NO₃)的反应路径如下:在氮气氛围下:(NH₄)₂UO₂(NO₃)₂·2H₂O →(NH₄)₂UO₂(NO₃)·H₂O →(NH₄)₂UO₂(NO₃)→ NH₄UO₂(NO₃)→ A-UO₂ →γ-UO₂ → UO₂,NH₄UO₂(NO₃)→ A-UO₂ →α-UO₂ → UO₂;在空气氛围下:(NH₄)₂UO₂(NO₃)₂·2H₂O →(NH₄)₂UO₂(NO₃)·H₂O →(NH₄)₂UO₂(NO₃)→ NH₄UO₂(NO₃)→ A-UO₂ →γ-UO₂ → UO₂,NH₄UO₂(NO₃)→ A-UO₂ →α-UO₂ → UO₂;在氢气氛围下:(NH₄)₂UO₂(NO₃)₂·2H₂O →(NH₄)₂UO₂(NO₃)·H₂O →(NH₄)₂UO₂(NO₃)→ NH₄UO₂(NO₃)→ A-UO₂ →γ-UO₂ →α-UO₂ → UO₂,NH₄UO₂(NO₃)→ A-UO₂ →β-UO₂ →α-UO₂ → UO₂。