Th Thorium: Supplement Volume C 3 Compounds with Nitrogen

141 Pages·1987·6.445 MB·English

by  R. Benz, A. Naoumidis, D. Brown (auth.), Rudolf Keim, Cornelius Keller (eds.)

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Thorium
Supplement Volume C 3
Compounds with Nitrogen
With 38 illustrations
AUTHORS R. Benz, A. Naoumidis
Kernforschungsanlage Julich
Julich, Federal Republic of Germany
D. Brown
Chemistry Division, Atomic Energy Research Establishment
Harwell, England
CHIEF EDITORS Rudolf Keim, Gmelin-Institut, Frankfurt am Main
Cornelius Keller, Supervising Scientific Coordinator
for the Thorium Supplement Volumes,
Schule fUr Kerntechnik, Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe
System Number 44
LITERATURE CLOSING DATE: MID OF 1986
IN SOME CASES MORE RECENT DATA HAVE SEEN CONSIDERED
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Preface
This volume C 3, as a part of the Gmelin "Thorium" Handbook, Series C, describes the
thorium-nitrogen compounds. Included are compounds both of technological importance like
the nitrides and the nitrates and those of merely scientific interest, such as amides and related
compounds. However, due to the decreasing technical importance of the nuclear thorium fuel
cycle, especially with the advanced fuels like the nitride ThN, in recent years, the thorium
compounds with nitrogen have been investigated much less extensively than the correspond
ing uranium compounds. In order to have the data for the Th-N-X systems accumulated in one
specific volume, the decision was made to publish this volume without incorporating other Th
systems.
ThN is the compound with the lowest N :Th ratio. In addition to its (former) nuclear interest
due to its thermal and radiation stability, it has many very interesting physicochemical
properties. Thorium nitrate, the other well-investigated compound, is of importance because it
is (in the form of an adduct with tri-n-butylphosphate) the extracted compound when burnt-up
thorium fuels are reprocessed.
Despite the wealth of accumulated data on the chemical and physicochemical properties of
the compounds discussed, the knowledge of the compounds and of the systems is far from
satisfactory - it must be deepened and improved in further studies.
I would like to thank the competent authors for their critical contributions as well as the
Gmelin-Institute for the excellent cooperation provided, especially Prof. Dr. Fluck and Dr.
Keim, the editor-in-chief of this volume.
Karlsruhe
June 1987 Cornelius Keller
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Suppl. Vol. 1: Element and Compounds - 1981
Np, Pu, ... Transuranium Elements
Main Volume
Part A: The Elements
A 1, I History, Occurrence, Properties of Atomic Nuclei - 1973
A 1, II Nuclides: Manufacture, Recovery, Enrichment - 1974
A 2 General Properties, Uses, Storage, Biology - 1973
Part B: The Metals
B 1 Metals - 1976
B 2 Binary Alloy Systems 1 - 1976
B 3 Binary Alloy Systems 2 - 1977
Part C: The Compounds
C Compounds - 1972
Part D: Chemistry in Solution
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D 2 Extraction, Ion Exchange. Molten Salts - 1975
Index - 1979
Pa Protactinium
Main Volume - 1942
Suppl. Vol. 1: Element - 1977
Suppl. Vol. 2: Metal. Alloys. Compounds. Chemistry in Solution - 1977
Ra Radium
Main Volume - 1928
Suppl. Vol. 1: History, Cosmochemistry. Geochemistry - 1977
Suppl. Vol. 2: Element. Compounds - 1977
Th Thorium
Main Volume - 1955
Suppl. Vol. Part A: The Element
A 1 Thorium Deposits. Geochemistry (in preparation)
A 2 History. Isotopes. Recovery of Thorium from Ores - 1986