Physicochemical model of uranium hexafluoride (UF6) radiolysis under action of alpha particles
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Artem A. Danshin
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Alexey A. Kovalishin
Abstract
A multiscale model describing the kinetics of the processes taking place during the radiolysis of uranium hexafluoride (UF6) has been developed using fundamental physical and chemical principles. The model incorporates both the radiolysis and thermal terms. The processes of the radiolysis products release from the gas phase to the solid and vice versa are taken into account. The predictions of the model are verified against the available experimental data.
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Research ethics: Not applicable.
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Author contributions: The authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.
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Competing interests: The authors state no conflict of interest.
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Research funding: None declared.
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Data availability: Not applicable.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Original Papers
- Independent isomeric yield ratios of fission products in the epi-cadmium neutron-induced fission of 245Cm
- Preparation of MnO2 modified winter melon-derived biochar for enhanced adsorption of U(VI) from aqueous solution
- Separation studies of 60Co (II) and 134Cs (I) radionuclides from aqueous solution using starch-grafted citric acid-acrylamide/magnesia hydrogel
- Study on the adsorption performance of zeolite imidazole frameworks materials for Co(II) and Mn(II) in solution
- Synthesis, in silico and biodistribution studies of a novel 47Sc-radiolabeled α-amino acid ester derivative attached to pyrazine and tetrazole rings for tumor targeted radiotherapy
- [113mIn]In-PSMA: high potential agent for SPECT imaging of prostate cancer
- Physicochemical model of uranium hexafluoride (UF6) radiolysis under action of alpha particles
- Identification and time evolution of thionyl chloride (SOCl2) radiolysis products
- Measurement of gross alpha radioactivity levels and estimation of annual effective dose in hazelnut kernels
- Characterization of ferrous-xylenol orange-polyvinyl alcohol gel for gamma dosimetry using spectroscopy
