C h e m i c a l P r o c e s s i n g for A t o m i c Energy
ORE FROM URANIUM MILLS
U308
REDUCTION
HYDROFLLIOIilNATION
uo 2
UF 4
HF
H2
DISTILLATION
UF 6
FLUORINATION
F2
TTTcTTl
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UF6
TO DIFFUSION PLANTS
UFA is the vital raw material for the gaseous diffusion process, which separates UF 6 into U " S F 6 a n d U " e F 6 .
NEW PROCESS FOR URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE w i n s G e n e r a l C h e m i c a l a s h a r e in 1 9 5 7 C h e m i c a l E n g i n e e r i n g A w a r d One of the highest honors in the chemical industry— The Chemical Engineering Achievement Award—was r e c e n t l y p r e s e n t e d to General Chemical and others for "pioneering ap plications of chemical en gineering principles and processes in extractive metallurgy of the Atomic Age metals." General Chemical's significant contribution is the re search and development of a new process for producing
refined uranium hexafluoride for the Atomic Energy Commission. General will be the first company to refine uranium oxide compounds for the AEC in privately owned and operated facilities. Its new UF« plant, now under construction at Metropolis, Illinois, is scheduled to go on stream early in 1959. General's new process for UF« embodies advances in fluorine technology that stem directly from its broad experience as the country's foremost producer of ele mental fluorine, hydrofluoric acid, halogen and other fluorides . . . One more example of General Chemical serving the nation and industry—through leadership in fluorine chemistry.
First in fluorides
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