<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The studies of the synthesis of uranium carbide from uranyl-ascorbate gels using the complex sol-gel process (CSGP) have been carried out. The synthesis of uranyl-ascorbate mixture as liquid sol from uranium trioxide and ascorbic acid and solid gel by extraction of water from sol were carefully examined. Ascorbic acid was used as a complexing agent in complex sol-gel process and as a carbon source. The crucial step to obtain final uranium carbides from the aforementioned substrates is the carbonization process. The thermal behavior of ascorbic acid and uranyl-ascorbate gels in a nitrogen atmosphere in the temperature range of 25-900°C were investigated using TG-DTG. Furthermore, the products of the carbonization of uranyl-ascorbate gels in nitrogen, argon and vacuum atmosphere were identified by X-ray diffraction. TG-DTG was used also as a method for determining of carbon residues in the samples.</p></abstract>

The studies of the synthesis of uranium carbide from uranyl-ascorbate gels using the complex sol-gel process (CSGP) have been carried out. The synthesis of uranyl-ascorbate mixture as liquid sol from uranium trioxide and ascorbic acid and solid gel by extraction of water from sol were carefully examined. Ascorbic acid was used as a complexing agent in complex sol-gel process and as a carbon source. The crucial step to obtain final uranium carbides from the aforementioned substrates is the carbonization process. The thermal behavior of ascorbic acid and uranyl-ascorbate gels in a nitrogen atmosphere in the temperature range of 25-900°C were investigated using TG-DTG. Furthermore, the products of the carbonization of uranyl-ascorbate gels in nitrogen, argon and vacuum atmosphere were identified by X-ray diffraction. TG-DTG was used also as a method for determining of carbon residues in the samples.

Carbonization of solid uranyl-ascorbate gel as an indirect step of uranium carbide synthesis

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The studies of the synthesis of uranium carbide from uranyl-ascorbate gels using the complex sol-gel process (CSGP) have been carried out. The synthesis of...

Carbonization of solid uranyl-ascorbate gel as an indirect step of uranium carbide synthesis

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 921 - 925

Received: Jun 18, 2015

Accepted: Sep 05, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nuka-2015-0122

Keywords
carbonization, complex sol-gel process (CSGP), uranium carbide, uranyl-ascorbate complex

© by Marcin Rogowski

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Carbonization of solid uranyl-ascorbate gel as an indirect step of uranium carbide synthesis

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 921 - 925

Received: Jun 18, 2015

Accepted: Sep 05, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nuka-2015-0122

Keywordscarbonization, complex sol-gel process (CSGP), uranium carbide, uranyl-ascorbate complex

© by Marcin Rogowski

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
carbonization, complex sol-gel process (CSGP), uranium carbide, uranyl-ascorbate complex