The Crystal Structures of Some Thorium and Uranium Compounds

Download or read book The Crystal Structures of Some Thorium and Uranium Compounds written by Norman Charles Baenziger and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The chemistry and metallurgy of thorium and uranium were investigated extensively by workers on the Manhattan Project during the past few years. These investigations were pursued by all available scientific methods. Among these, the X-ray diffraction method provided a powerful tool for phase identification and structure determination, which greatly assisted in the solution of the metallurgical and chemical problems. Isostructural compounds with the composition U6M (where M = Mn, Fe, Co, and Ni) have been found and the structure determined. Single crystals, examined by the rotation, oscillation, Laue, and Weissenberg methods, exhibited the diffraction of D4h - 4/mmm.