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Dat e o f I s s u e : Decem b er 1 5 , 1 9 5 8 Rep ort Num ber: MCW-1424

S u b j ec t C a t eg o ry : Tech n o l o g y - F e ed M a t e r i a l s

(TID-4500, 14th Ed. )

T O P I C A L R E P O R T

SO ME P H Y S I C A L P R O P E R T I E S O F U R A N Y L N I T R A T E S O L U T I O N S

by

G. P . Lang

M. O. Ne thaw ay

The work repor ted herein was done under the general

superv is ion of :

N . E. Berry

Technical Director

C. W. Kuhlman

Mana ger, Laboratory Developm ent

C t Y R E O ^ *

1 1

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UNC LAS S IF IED



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Da te of Is su e: Dec em ber 15 , 1958 Repo r t Num ber: MCW-1424

S u b j ec t C a t eg o ry : Tech n o l o g y - F ee d M at e r i a l s

(TID-4500, 14th Ed. )

Ex t e rn a l D i s t r i b u t i o n

No. of Copies

Aberd een Prov ing Ground 1

Aero j e t -Gen era l C o rp o ra t i o n 1

Ae roje t - Ge nera l , San Ramon (100-880) 1

Ai r Te ch n i ca l In t e l l i g en ce C en t e r 1

Al co P ro d u c t s , In c . 1

Arg o n n e Na t i o n a l Lab o ra t o ry 10Arm ed F o r ces S p ec i a l Weap o n s P ro j ec t , Was h i n g to n 1

Arm ed S e rv i ces Te ch n i ca l In fo rm a t i o n Ag en cy 5

A E C S c i e n t i fi c R e p r e s e n t a t i v e , J a p a n 1

Atomic Energy Com miss ion Wa shington (TL ) 3

At o m i cs In t e rn a t i o n a l 2

Bab cock and Wi lcox Compa ny (NYO O-1940) 1

B a t t e l l e M em o r i al In s t i t u t e 2

B ro o k h av en Na t i o n a l Lab o ra t o ry 1

Brush Beryl l ium Compa ny 1

Bureau of M ines , Sal t La ke Ci ty 1

C h i cag o Op era t i o n s Of f ice 1

C h i cag o P a t en t Gro u p 1

Defe n s e R e s ea rch M em b er 1

Dep ar tme nt of Army, G-2 2

duPo nt Com pany, Aiken 1

duP ont Com pany, Wi lmington 1

F ran k fo rd Ars en a l 1

Gen era l E l e c t r i c C o m p an y , R i ch l an d 4

Good year Atomic Corp orat ion 2

Iowa S ta te Co l leg e 1

Mound Lab orato ry 1

Na t i o n a l Lea d C o m p an y , In c . , Wi n ch e s t e r 1

Na t ional Le ad Comp any of Ohio 2

Nav a l R e s ea rch Lab o ra t o ry 3

New Brun swick Area Off ice 1



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Date of Is su e: De cem ber 15 , 1958 Repor t Numb er: MCW-1424

S u b j ec t C a t eg o ry : Tech n o l o g y - F eed M at e r i a l s

(TID-4500, 14th Ed. )

Ex t e rn a l D i s t r i b u t i o n (C o n t i n u ed )

N o . of Copies

New York Op era t ion s Off ice 2

Nu clear De velop men t Corpo rat ion of Ame rica 1

Nu c l ea r M e t a l s , In c . 1

Oak Ridge Ins t i tu te of Nu clea r S tud ies 1

Off ice of Na val Re sea rch 2

Off ice of Ord nanc e Re se ar ch 1

P a t en t B ran ch , Was h i n g t o n 1

P h i l l i p s P e t ro l eu m C o m p an y (NR TS ) 2

P o w er R ea c t o r Dev e l o p m en t C o m p an y 1

P u b l i c Hea l t h S e rv i ce 2

S an d i a C o rp o ra t i o n , A l b u q u erq u e 1

S y l v an i a E l e c t r i c P ro d u c t s , In c . 1

Union Carb ide Nu clea r Company (ORG DP) 5

Union Carb ide Nu clear Company (ORNL) 4

Un i on C arb i d e Nu c l e a r C o m p an y (P ad u ca h P l a n t ) 1

U. S . Ge olog ical Survey , Denve r 1

U. S . Ge olog ical Survey , Menlo Park 1

U. S . Ge olo gic al Survey , Nav al Gun Fa cto ry 1

U. S . Ge olo gica l Survey , Washington 1

U. S . Nav a l P o s t g r ad u a t e S ch o o l 1

U. S . Pa te n t Off ice 1

Un i v e r s i t y of C a l i fo rn i a R ad i a t i o n Lab o ra t o ry , B erk e l ey 2

Un i v e r s i t y of C a l i fo rn i a R ad i a t i o n Lab o ra t o ry , L i v e rm o re 2

Un ivers i ty of Pu er t o Rico 1

Vi t ro Eng ineer ing Div is ion 1Wes t i n g h o u s e E l ec t r i c C o rp o ra t i o n (S ch a fe r) 1

Te ch n i ca l In fo rm a t io n S e rv i ce Ex t e n s i o n 3 2 5

Off ice o f Te ch n i ca l S e r v i ce s , Was h i n g to n 7 5



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D a t e o f I s s u e : D e c e m b e r 1 5 , 1 9 5 8 R e por t N o . : M C W -1424

S u b j e c t C a t e g o r y : T e c h n o l o g y - F e e d M a t e r i a ls

( T I D - 4 5 0 0 , 1 4 t h E d . )

I n t e r n a l D i s t r i b u t i o n

N o . o f C o p i e s

Dr. N. E . Berry

Mr. B . J . Buntz

Mr. K. J . C ap lan

M r. F . R . D ow l ing

Mr. R. M. Edwards

D r . P . J . Fa in

D r . R . H . F ar i s s

D r . J . A . F e l l o w s

D r . C . D . Har r ing ton

Mr. R. F. Hartm ann

D r . J . A . K e n n e l l e y

M r. H . C . K loe p pe r

Mr. J . T . Krieg

Dr. C. W. Kuhlman

Mr. G. P . L an g

D r . F . J . L u d w i g

M e t a l P i l o t P l a n t F i l e s

Mr. E. I. Miller

Dr. J , P. Morgan

Dr. D. E . Morris

Mr. H. Myers

M r. J . A . N e l so n

Mr. W. G. P et ty

D r . W. C . Ph i lo on

Mr. R. D. P ip er

D r . W . J . R o be r tso n

M r. A . E . R u e h le

M r. E . F . S and e r s

D r . J . U . S he p ar d son

M r. J . W. S te ve ns on

Mr. E . K. Te te r



D a t e o f I s s u e : D e c e m b e r 1 5 , 1 9 5 8 R e p or t N um be r : M C W -1424

S u b j e c t C a t e g o r y : T e c h n o l o g y - F e e d M a t e r i a l s

( T I D - 4 5 0 0 , 1 4 t h E d . )

Mr. H. E . T ha ye r

Mr. L. G. Weber

Mr. R. B. Wrinkle

Mr. J . H. Y ea ge r

D r . W . A . Z ie g l e r

T e c h n i c a l L i b r a r y

T e c h n i c a l E d i t o r

I n t e r n a l D i s t r i b u t i o n ( C o n t i n u e d )

N o . o f C o p i e s



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S OM E P H Y S I C A L P R O P E R T I E S O F U R A N Y L N I T R A T E S O L U T I O N S

Boiling points freezing points and densities were measured in the concentration range between

uranyl nitrate bexahydrate and uranyl nitrate dihydrate. The surface tension of molten uranyl nitrate

bexahydrate was determined to be approximately 45 dynes per square centimeter at 90-t00tC.

I n t r o d u c t i o n

U r a n iu m i s c u r r e n t l y r e c o v e r e d fro m o r e c o n c e n t r a t e s b y s o l v e n t e x t r a c t i o n o f a n i t r i c a c i d d i g e s t

s l u rr y a n d r e - e x t r a c t i o n i n t o w a t e r . T h e r e s u l t a n t d i l u t e s o l u t i o n s of u r a n y l n i t r a t e a r e c o n c e n

t r a t e d b y b o i l i n g p r io r t o t h e r m a l d e c o m p o s i t i o n t o u r a ni u m t r i o x i d e . K n o w l e d g e o f t h e b o i l i n g

p o i n t s , f r e e z i n g p o i n t s , d e n s i t i e s , an d v i s c o s i t i e s of h i g h l y c o n c e n t r a t e d u r an y l n i t r a te

s o l u t i o n s i s n e c e s s a r y t o d e t e r m i n e e n g i n e e r i n g a n d d e s i g n c r i t e r i a f or t h e i r h a n d l i n g .

A l i t e r a t u r e s u r v e y y i e l d e d m u c h i n f o r m a t io n o n p h y s i c a l p r o p e r t i e s o f th e u r an y l n i tr a t e - w a t e r

s y s t e m f o r c o n c e n t r a t i o n s u p t o u r a n y l n i t r a t e b e x a h y d r a t e ( 4 7 . 4 w e i g h t p e r c e n t u r a n i u m ) , b u t

o n l y l i m i t e d d a t a w e r e fo u n d f or t h e r a n g e a b o v e t h i s c o n c e n t r a t i o n . A r e p r e s e n t a t i v e b i b l i

ogr aph y app e ar s a t the e nd o f th i s r e po r t .

T h e c o n c e n t r a t i o n r a n g e b e t w e e n u r a n y l n i t r a t e h e x a h y d r a t e a n d u r a n y l n i t r a t e d i h y d r a t e ( 4 7 - 5 5

w e i g h t p er c e n t u r a p i u m ) i s o f s p e c i a l c o n c e r n . I t i s k n o w n t h a t b e y o n d t h e h e x a h y d r a t e

c o n c e n t r a t i o n , b o t h t h e b o i l i n g p o i n t s a n d f r e e z i n g p o i n t s i n c r e a s e v e r y r a p i d l y , a n d , i n f a c t ,

a p p e a r t o c o n v e r g e a t t h e c o m p o s i t i o n c o r r e s p o n d i n g t o u r a n y l n i t r a t e d i h y d r a t e . T h e m a g n i t u d e

o f t h e t e m p e r a t u r e r a n g e b e t w e e n f r e e z i n g a n d b o i l i n g p o i n t s i s a c r i t i c a l f a c t o r in m a i n t a i n i n g

s o l u t i o n s i n t h e li q u i d s t a t e d u r i n g t r a n s f e r .

E x p e r i m e n t a l a n d R e s u l t s

T h e m a t e r i a l u s e d i n t h i s i n v e s t i g a t i o n w a s M a l l i n c k r od t C h e m i c a l W o rk s U r an iu m D i v i s i o n ' s

p l a n t - p u r i f i e d u r a n y l n i t r a t e h e x a h y d r a t e . U r a n y l n i t r a t e d i h y d r a t e w a s p r e p a r ed by d r y i n g t h e

h e x a h y d r a t e a n d s t o r i n g u n d e r v a c u u m . A n a l y s i s o f s t a r t i n g m a t e r i a l s i n d i c a t e d h y d r a t e s

c or r e sp ond ing to the he xa hy dr a te and the d ihy dr a t e to w i th in 0 .5 to 1.0 pe r c e n t o f the

s t o i c h i o m e t r i c r a t i o . U r a n iu m w a s d e t e r m i n e d g r a v i m e t r i c a l l y by i g n i t i o n t o t h e o x i d e , U , 0 , .

T h e f r e e z i n g p o i n t w a s d e f i n e d a s t h e t e m p e r a t u r e a t w h i c h a s o l u t i o n f i rs t p r o d u c e d c r y s t a l s

w h i l e c o o l i n g . F o r a s e r i e s o f l o w u r an iu m c o n c e n t r a t i o n s ( e s s e n t i a l l y a l l s o l u t i o n s a t r oo m

t e m p e r a t u r e ) t h e f r e e z i n g p o i n t s w e r e d e t e r m i n e d i n a g l a s s f l a s k ( u n d e r r e f l u x to m a i n t a i n

a t m o s p h e r i c p r e s s u r e ) , t h e t e m p e r a t u r e o f w h i c h w a s c a r e f u l l y v a r i e d b y m e a n s of a G l a s s - C o l

h e a t i n g m a n t l e . F o r h i g h e r u r a n iu m c o n c e n t r a t i o n s a t u b e c o n t a i n i n g t h e m a t e r i a l w a s i m m e r s e d

i n a n o i l b a t h , e m p l o y e d a s a h e a t t r a n s f e r m e d i u m f or s l o w a n d u n if o rm t e m p e r a t u r e c h a n g e .

A d d i t i o n a l f r e e z i n g p o i n t s w e r e d e r i v e d fr om s a m p l e s r e m o v e d at v a r i o u s b o i l i n g p o i n t s d u r i n g

b a t c h d e c o m p o s i t i o n o f u r a n y l n i t r a t e h e x a h y d r a t e . F r e e z i n g p o i n t d a t a a p p e a r i n T a b l e I .



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Uraniumwt per cent

32.4

33-1

34 . 2

35 94

45.72

46.5

46.7

47 . 4

49-1

53-1

55-1

55-3

Densityg / c c

1.753

1.746

1.7141.702

1.786

1.768

1.751

1.729

1.828

1.827

1.815

1.791

1.778

1.762

1.885

2.36

2.40

2.68

2 . 465*

2 . 59*

2 . 86*

3-03*

3-16

3 .0 4 *

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Measurement°C

25

40

8198

23

46

80

108

23-3

28

42

76

96

110

35-7

57

60

25

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V Concentration

g/ml

0.57

0.59

0.62

0.68

1.1

1.1

1.2

1.2

1-3

1-5

1.7

1.7

1.7

lbs/gal

4.74

4.93

5-22

5.65

9 . 01

9.31

10.44

9-75

10.5

12.6

13-95

14.5

14.05

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57

59

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175 180

181 184

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6 9

75

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135

138

142

140

163

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347 356

358 363

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106.5

107.8

110

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117

119

121

120

122

145 150

180-4

184-6

Point

op

224

2 2 6

230

-

243

246

250

248

252

293 302

356 363

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The boi l ing point was def ined as the tempera ture a t which e i ther the f i r s t bubbles appeared

dur ing hea t in g or the las t bubb les appe ared dur ing cool ing of a solu t ion or mel t . Dur ing ba tch

de c om pos i t i on o f t he he xa hydr a t e , s a m ple s w e r e r e m ove d a t va r ious bo i l i ng po in t s a nd a na lyz e dfor u r an ium c on te n t . F ive se p a r a t e ba t c he s of m a te r i a l w e re sub je c t e d t o de c om pos i t i on . A ga in ,

an oi l ba th was used as a co nt ro l labl e hea t sour ce . Other boi l ing po ints were meas ured for

solu t ion s mainta in ed under re f lux. Boi l ing point da ta a lso appea r in Tab le I.

Al l f reez ing points and boi l ing points which were de te rmined a re plot ted as a func t ion of

uranium con cen t ra t io n in Figu re 1 . The mea sured va lu es have been combined wi th va l ue s

der ived f rom the l i te ra tu re . Se le c t ion of da ta from conf l ic t ing s ou rces w as made by choo sing

those points which bes t f i t a smoothed curve .

The measure men t of de ns i t i es of uranyl ni t ra te sol ut io ns as a func t ion of temp era ture wa s

a c c om pl i she d by w e igh ing the c on te n t s of a c a l i b r a t e d p ipe t . D e ns i t i e s o f u r a ny l n i t r a t e

com pos i t ions wh ich a re sol i ds a t room tempe ra ture were .de te rmined by volume d isp lac em ent

in py cno me ters . Al l da ta for de ns i t i es agree wi th tho se found in the l i te ra ture and a re aK

tabula ted in this repor t .

V i sc o s i t i e s in t he r a nge he xa hy dr a t e - d ihydr a t e w e r e de t e r m ine d . A Br ookf ie ld Sync hr o- l e c t r i c

v i sc om e te r w hic h w a s s t a nda r d i z e d a ga in s t d i s t i l l e d w a te r w a s use d . T he va lue s m e a sur e d w e r e

in t he l ow e s t a va i l a b l e , t ha t i s , l e a s t s e n s i t i ve , r a nge o f t he i ns t r um e nt . N e ve r th e l e s s , t he

va l ues obta in ed for vi sc os i ty and temp era ture var ia t ion of vi sco si t y compared favorably w i th

l i t e r a tu r e va lu e s . A v i s c os i t y o f a bou t 19 c e n t ipo i se s w a s i nd i c a t e d f or t he he xa h ydr a t e a t

85°C and about 31 cent ipoises for a solut ion of approximate ly the t r ihydra te composi t ion a t

159°C. A No. 1 spin dle a t 20 rpm on the 100 sca le was us ed for thes e me asu rem ent s .

In add i t ion , the sur face tens ion of uranyl ni t ra te hexah yd ra te was measu red. Using a Du Nouy

tensiometer , a va lue of approximate ly 45 dynes per square cent imeter was found for the mol ten

he xa hyd r a t e a t 90- 100°C. T he ins t rum e nt w a s s t a nda r d i z e d a ga ins t w a te r a nd a c e ton e .

D i s c u s s i o n

Uranyl ni t ra te so lut i on s exhibi t a very marked tend ency to sup erh ea t and to sup erco ol . For this

reason i t i s somew hat di f ficul t to de te rmine acc ura te ly a pre c is e tempera ture of ph ys ica l cha ng e .

Con c e n t r a t i on s a bove the he xa hy dr a t e ar e e sp e c i a l l y d i ff i c u lt t o e xa m ine e xpe r im e nta l l y . T he

mol ten sa l t s exhibi t no sharp f reez ing point breaks as would be evidenced in normal cool ing

c ur v e s . D i f f e r e nc e s o f s e v e r a l de gr e e s m ay be obse r ve d in su c c e s s iv e m e a su r e m e nt s o f t he

tempera tu re of f i r s t c ry s ta l l iz a t io n of the same solut ion . The bes t f reez ing point va lue s were

ob ta ine d by r e pe a t e d de t e r m ina t ions a t c lose t o e qu i l i b rium c ond i t i on s . T he e s t im a te d p r e c i s io n

of the exper im enta l res ul t s var ied f rom + 1°C for sy s tem s having con cen t ra t ion s le ss than

48 wt percent uranium to about + 5°C for sys tems having concent ra t ions above 48 wt percent

uranium.



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us FREEZING AND BOILING POINTS OF TliE SYSTEM U0 2(N0 3) e

AS A FUNCTION OF CONCENTRATIONu

Concentration - U Weight



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Another d i f f icu l t y i s en co u n t e red i n m a i n t a i n i n g eq u i l i b r iu m c o n d i t i o n s w i t h r e s p e c t to hydrate

water d u r i ng d e t e rm i n a t i o n s . Du r in g h ea t i n g t h e c ry s t a l s l o s e wa t e r be fo re a d e f i n i t e phase

ch an g e o cc u r s . Wat er v ap o r p re s s u re b eco m es ap p rec i ab l e , a s i s ev i d e n ced b y t h e fo rm a ti o n of

co n d en s a t e o n t h e wa l l s o f t h e co n t a i n e r . Th u s , ev en k eep i n g a s y s t em u n d er r e f lu x d o e s n o t

a l way s i n s u re co n s t an t co m p o s i t i o n t h ro u g h o u t a m eas u rem en t .

Exa mina t ion of the boi l ing poin t curve in F igure 1 wi l l ind ica te anoth er d i f f icu l ty . When a boi l in

poin t of 155-160°C i s reached (note the greater s lope above the inf lect ion corresponding to the

t r ihydrate of 53-1 weight per cent uranium), the dehydrat ion becomes more rap id due to the very

fas t r i se of the boi l ing poin t and cha nge in com pos i t io n wi th temp era ture . In th i s reg ion the

solu t ion c ha ng es in co lor from yel low to dee p ora ng e; the t em pera ture range betw een the mel t ing

an d b o i l i n g p o i n t s n a r ro w s ; an d th e m a t e r i a l b eco m es d i f f icu l t t o h an d l e or t o s am p l e . Ap p are n t

r ec ry s t a l l i za t i o n i s s o m et i m es o b s e rv ed , and h o m o g en e i t y i s p ro b ab l y n ot m a i n t a i n e d .

No evidence of NO a fu m es i s o b s e rv ed b e lo w t h e d i h y d r a t e co m p o s i t i o n . Up o n h ea t i n g t h e

dihyd rate to app rox ima tely 180°C, evolu t ion of H 2 0, , and NO a , .. are se en du ring bo il ing and

imm ediate ly af ter the f i rs t ind ica t ion of me l t ing . At th i s comp os i t ion th ere i s no longe r a s ig ni

f i can t d i f f e ren ce b e t we en t h e b o il i n g an d m e l t i n g t em p era t u res , a l lo wi n g n o f i n it e t em p e ra t u re

ran g e fo r t h e ex i s t e n c e of a s o l u t i o n . Dec o m p o s i t i o n r ead i l y o cc u r s in t h i s r an g e .

Th e i n v es t i g a t i o n s p res en t ed i n t h i s r ep o r t were u n d er t ak en fo r t h e p u rp o s e o f p ro v i d i n g wo rk i n g

data for p lan t eng inee r ing and des ign . He nc e, the data are not in ten ded to be of a h igher deg ree

of a c c u r a c y t h a n s u c h u s a g e w a r r a n t s o r n e c e s s i t a t e s .

F o r p l an t u s e , a l l d a t a were co n v e r t ed to u n i t s co m m o n ly u s ed by p l an t en g i n ee r s . L i t e ra t u re

v a l u es fo r d en s i t i e s were a s s u m ed an d ex t r ap o l a t ed i n o rd e r t o co n v er t we i g h t p e r cen t t o p o u n d s

of uranium per ga l lon . Cu rve s were drawn to f it f reezing poin t , bo i l ing poin t , and den s i ty

d a t a , p a r t i cu l a r l y i n t h e r eg i o n b e t ween t h e h ex ah y d ra t e an d t h e d i h y d ra t e .



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