Talk:Ames process

Calcium or magnesium ?

I read the 1958 patent of the Ames process by Spedding et al. Spedding said that he originally tried to use calcium metal to extract uranium metal from its tetrafluoride; however, the process produced a low yield of heavily contaminated uranium. He found that magnesium produced much better results. The patent for the Ames process is therefore limited to a uranium extraction process that involves magnesium, not calcium. Cwkmail (talk) 04:06, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

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Picture of the day

The Ames process was developed during the Manhattan Project to refine uranium. Left to right:

• Pressure vessel containing uranium halide and sacrificial metal being lowered into a furnace
• After the reaction, remnant slag in the container
• Uranium metal "biscuit" end product

Photographs: Unknown

Date updated. Bencherlite^Talk 21:25, 25 February 2013 (UTC)