Palladium alloys fluoride

In research al the Institute or Radiochemistry. Karlsruhe, West Germany during Ihe early 1970s. investigators prepared alloys of Curium with iridium, palladium, plalinum. and rhodium. These alloys were prepared by hydrogen reduction of the curium oxide or fluoride in the presence of finely divided noble metals. The reaction is called a coupled reaction because the reduction of the metal oxide can be done in the presence of noble metals. The hydrogen must be extremely pure, w ith an oxygen content of less than 10 -s Inrr. 

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