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Table 2.9. Hazards of Chemicals Used in Processing Plutonium (a) |
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Hazards of Chemicals Used in Processing Plutonium (a)
Table 2.9.
Chemical Name
CAS No.(b)
Hazard
Formula
Aluminum nitrate
7784-27-2
--
AL(NO3) 3 9H2O
Antimony pentafluoride
7783-70-2
--
SbF5
Beryllium (metal)
7740-41-7
Be
Calcium (metal)
7740-70-2
Release H2 when wet,
Ca
flammable
Calcium oxide
1305-78-8
Corrosive
CaO
Calcium chloride
10043-52-4
CaCl2
--
Ferrous ammonium
7783-85-9
Fe(SO4)(NH4) 2 SO4 6H2O
--
sulfate
7782-41-4
Oxidizer, poison
F2
Fluorine dioxide
Oxidizer, poison
F2O2
--
Carbon tetrachloride
56-23-5
CCl4
--
Ferrous sulfamate
Fe (SO3NH2) 2
--
--
Gallium (metal)
7440-55-3
Ga
--
Hydrogen
1333-74-0
Flammable, explosive
H2
Hydrogen Fluoride
7664-39-3
Corrosive
HF
Hydrochloric acid
7647-01-0
Corrosive
HCl
Hydrogen peroxide
7722-84-1
Oxidizer
H2O2
Iodine
7553-56-2
Poison
I2
Magnesium (metal)
7439-95-4
Water reactive, flammable
Mg
explosive, produces neutrons
when combined with Pu
Magnesium chloride
7786-30-3
MgCl2
Magnesium oxide
1309-48-4
MgO
Mercuric nitrate
10045-94-0
Oxidizer, poison
Hg(NO3) 2
Nitric acid
7697-37-2
Oxidizer, corrosive, poison
HNO 3
Oxalic acid
144-62-7
Poison
H2C2O4
Potassium hydroxide
1310-58-3
Corrosive, Poison
KOH
Potassium chloride
7447-40-7
--
KCI
Sodium chloride
7647-40-7
--
NaCl
Sodium Hydroxide
1310-73-2
Corrosive, poison
NaOH
Sodium nitrate
7631-99-4
Oxidizer
NaNO3
Stannous chloride
7772-99-8
--
SnCl3
Sulfamic acid
5329-14-6
Corrosive
NH 2SO3H
Sulfuric acid
7664-93-9
Corrosive, poison
H2SO4
Tri-n-butyl phosphate
126-73-8
Flammable liquid
(C4H7O) 3PO4
Urea
57-13-6
--
CO(NH2) 2
Uranium (metal)
--
Flammable
U
Zinc chloride
7646-85-7
--
ZnCl2
Soltrol 170 Phillips 66
68551-19-9
Flammable liquid (isoparafins)
(Mixture C10C14)
Carbon tetrafluoride
75-73-0
--
CF4
(a) Refer to Material Safety Data Sheets for complete discussion of hazards.
(b) Chemical Abstracts Service Registry number.
The corrosion or oxidation of plutonium does not always occur in a
linear or predictable manner. The oxidation rate is a complex
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