Accession Number:

AD0373365

Title:

SELECTED SYNTHESIS BY FISSION FRAGMENT RECOIL.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. Jul 64-Feb 66,

Corporate Author:

AEROJET-GENERAL NUCLEONICS SAN RAMON CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Miller ,Alan R.
• Tsukimura,Ray R.

Report Date:

1966-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

58.0

Abstract:

The purpose of this program was to synthesize by fission-fragment radiolysis such unusual compounds as NOF3, CONF24, F2NOF, COF4 and NF5 which are expected to be useful, high-energy oxidizers that are more readily storable than those presently in use. Sixteen low-flux and eight high-flux irradiations were performed in the 19 months covered by this report. Mass-spectrometric and gas-chromatographic analyses indicated that several interesting and potentially useful products were produced, but none could be definitely identified. In particular, the repeated production of a material with an approximate boiling point of 238 K in the NF3-F2 experiments bears further study. A high-sensitivity gas chromatograph, capable of detecting ppm quantities of such reactive gases as FNO2 without causing decomposition, was developed during this program. Author

Descriptors:

• (*RADIATION CHEMISTRY
• SYNTHESIS(CHEMISTRY))
• MASS SPECTROSCOPY
• GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
• REACTOR FUELS
• URANIUM COMPOUNDS
• FLUORIDES (U) OXIDIZERS
• OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
• FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
• NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
• LABELED SUBSTANCES

Subject Categories:

• Radiation and Nuclear Chemistry
• Rocket Propellants

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE