The Treatment of Cesium Ore by Sulfur Chloride and Chlorine

Authors

C. B. Hamilton, Iowa State UniversityFollow
T. L. Young, Iowa State UniversityFollow
H. A. Wilhelm, Iowa State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

A Southern Rhodesian cesium ore containing essentially pollucite was chlorinated by a gaseous mixture of sulfur chloride and chlorine at temperatures between 500 and 700°C. The reaction products consisted principally of SiCl₄, AlCl₃, CsCl, and CsCl • A1Cl₃. Under favorable conditions for chlorination, 17 wt % of the ore remained unreacted. The optimum conditions were the fixed bed reactor used in this study were chlorination at 650°C for 4.5 hr with an ore particle size that passes a 150 mesh sieve.

Publication Date

1964

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

71

Issue

1

First Page

157

Last Page

166

Copyright

©1964 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Hamilton, C. B.; Young, T. L.; and Wilhelm, H. A. (1964) "The Treatment of Cesium Ore by Sulfur Chloride and Chlorine," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 71(1), 157-166.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol71/iss1/25