The Uranium Hexafluoride phase diagram is investigated. An experimental setup is shown to look at the gas, liquid, and solid phases at various temperatures and pressures. This information is used to understand what happens inside a DUF6 storage cylinder.
Highlights of the Video: |
 | 00:12 | Metamorphosis from the U.S. Department of Energy |
 | 00:45 | Laboratory setup to examine the phases of UF6 |
 | 01:45 | UF6 Phase Diagram |
 | 03:25 | Liquid UF6 appearing in a glass tube |
 | 03:38 | Cloud of HF from moisture reaction dissolving in UF6 gas |
 | 04:27 | Beginning of UF6 phase change from liquid to solid |
 | 04:40 | Formation of porous solid structure |
 | 05:06 | Comparison of density of solid UF6 to density of liquid UF6 |
 | 06:00 | Comparison of solid UF6 formed from liquid UF6 solidifying at bottom to solid formed from UF6 gas desublimation at top |
 | 06:17 | Glass tube of solid UF6 |
 | 07:29 | Solid UF6 subliming to gaseous UF6 |
 | 08:00 | UF6 heating experiment setup |
 | 09:39 | Glass tube of UF6 being heated in boiling water |
 | 10:50 | Result of lowering pressure in glass tube of liquid UF6 to less than triple point pressure |
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