hexafluoride
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hexafluoride (plural hexafluorides)
(chemistry) any fluoride containing six fluorine atoms in each molecule
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Afterward, the uranium hexafluoride is compressed by external means, thus initiating a nuclear chain reaction and a great amount of heat, which in turn causes an expansion of the uranium hexafluoride.
Halides Uranium hexafluoride is the feedstock used to separate uranium-235 from natural uranium All uranium fluorides are created using uranium tetrafluoride ( UFmain ); UFmain itself is prepared by hydrofluorination of uranium dioxide.
In this process, uranium hexafluoride is repeatedly diffused through a silver zinc membrane, and the different isotopes of uranium are separated by diffusion rate (since uranium 238 is heavier it diffuses slightly slower than uranium-235).
Sulfur hexafluoride is a dense gas used as an insulator gas in high voltage transformers ; it is also a nonreactive and nontoxic propellant for pressurized containers.
Both enrichment processes involve the use of uranium hexafluoride and produce enriched uranium oxide.
Darmstadtium hexafluoride (DsF 6 ) is predicted to have very similar properties to its lighter homologue platinum hexafluoride (PtF 6 ), having very similar electronic structures and ionization potentials.