Hydrogen Reduction of Niobium from Its Pentachloride NiCIs in Thermal Plasma

Hydrogen Reduction of Niobium from Its Pentachloride (NiCIs) in Thermal Plasma 

Production of niobium by H2 plasma reduction of its pentachloride can be described as 

Hydrogen Reduction of Uranium from Its Hexafluoride (UF ) in Thermal Plasma 

Production of metallic uranium from its hexafluoride in a conventional nuclear fuel technology is a two-stage process. The first stage is an exothermic reduction of hexafluoride to tetrafluoride  

Not only hydrogen bnt other rednction agents like chlorocarbons can also be applied at that stage. The second stage is a complicated solid-state exothermic reaction of UF4 reduction with calcinm  

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