Stability of Tungsten Crucible against Uranium, Rare Earth, Cadmium, and Chlorides for Cathode Process in Pyroprocessing

Table 1

Experimental conditions for the tests of W stability.

	Experimental Conditions
	Feed Materials	Temperature and Pressure	Holding Time
RE melting	La, Ce, Nd	>1200°C, <10^−4 Torr	60
Salt distillation	U, LiCl, KCl, NdCl3, CeCl3	1050°C, <1 Torr	150
Cd distillation	U–Cd alloy	500°C, <1 Torr	200