“…Bifluoride salts have been exploited as fluorinating agents due to their decomposition yielding HF (g) , and the fluorination of actinide and transition metal materials with NH 4 HF 2 (ABF) has been successfully demonstrated through solid-state melt reactions. − …”
Uranium-based microspheres are of interest due to their
potential
applications as targets for medical isotopes production, as fuel for
nuclear reactors, and as standardized materials for nuclear forensics.
Here, for the first time, UO2F2 microspheres
(1–2 μm) have been prepared from the reaction between
UO3 microspheres and AgHF2 in an autoclave.
In this preparation, a new fluorination method has been applied, and
HF(g)produced in situ from the
thermal decomposition of AgHF2 and NH4HF2was used as the fluorinating agent. The microspheres
were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) and scanning
electron microscopy (SEM). Diffraction results indicated that the
reaction performed with AgHF2 at 200 °C led to anhydrous
UO2F2 microspheres, while at 150 °C, hydrated
UO2F2 microspheres were obtained. Meanwhile,
NH4HF2 led to the formation of contaminated
products as driven by the formation of volatile species.
“…Bifluoride salts have been exploited as fluorinating agents due to their decomposition yielding HF (g) , and the fluorination of actinide and transition metal materials with NH 4 HF 2 (ABF) has been successfully demonstrated through solid-state melt reactions. − …”
Uranium-based microspheres are of interest due to their
potential
applications as targets for medical isotopes production, as fuel for
nuclear reactors, and as standardized materials for nuclear forensics.
Here, for the first time, UO2F2 microspheres
(1–2 μm) have been prepared from the reaction between
UO3 microspheres and AgHF2 in an autoclave.
In this preparation, a new fluorination method has been applied, and
HF(g)produced in situ from the
thermal decomposition of AgHF2 and NH4HF2was used as the fluorinating agent. The microspheres
were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) and scanning
electron microscopy (SEM). Diffraction results indicated that the
reaction performed with AgHF2 at 200 °C led to anhydrous
UO2F2 microspheres, while at 150 °C, hydrated
UO2F2 microspheres were obtained. Meanwhile,
NH4HF2 led to the formation of contaminated
products as driven by the formation of volatile species.
“…The mononuclear complexes based on halides of Re(IV) ion have been investigated during decades and are characterized by large values of magnetic anisotropy and significant intermolecular magnetic exchange [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]. Indeed, these compounds can display relatively strong dipolar exchange through Re-X•••X-Re type contacts (X = halogen), which can result in a magnetic order as, for instance, metamagnetism or spin canting [23][24][25].…”
Two solvated rhenium(IV) complexes with formula [ReCl4(bpym)]·MeCN (1) and [ReCl4(bpym)]·CH3COOH·H2O (2) [bpym = 2,2'-bipyrimidine] have been prepared and characterized by means of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT–IR), scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray analysis (SEM–EDX), single-crystal X-ray diffraction (XRD) and SQUID magnetometer. 1 and 2 crystallize in the monoclinic system with space groups P21/n and P21/c, respectively. In both compounds, the Re(IV) ion is six-coordinate and bound to four chloride ions and two nitrogen atoms of a 2,2’-bipyrimidine molecule forming a distorted octahedral geometry around the metal ion. In the crystal packing of 1 and 2, intermolecular halogen⋯halogen and π⋯halogen type interactions are present. Hydrogen bonds take place only in the crystal structure of 2. Both compounds exhibit an akin crystal framework based on halogen bonds. Variable-temperature dc magnetic susceptibility measurements performed on microcrystalline samples of 1 and 2 show a similar magnetic behavior for both compounds, with antiferromagnetic exchange between the Re(IV) ions connected mainly through intermolecular Re-Cl···Cl-Re interactions.
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