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

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:5.88em"/><col style="width:2.90em"/><col style="width:2.78em"/><col style="width:2.93em"/><col style="width:3.42em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Elements</td><td class="align_center" colspan="4">Composition [wt%]</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_center">La</td><td class="align_center">Ce</td><td class="align_center">Nd</td><td class="align_center">W</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">RE product</td><td class="align_center">53.0</td><td class="align_center">22.1</td><td class="align_center">24.8</td><td class="align_center">&lt;0.01</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Chemical composition of the resolidified RE metals in W crucible.</div>

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Table 2: Stability of Tungsten Crucible against Uranium, Rare Earth, Cadmium, and Chlorides for Cathode Process in Pyroprocessing 