Claims
- 1. A closed reactor system particularly adapted for reacting metallic tungsten with fluorine, comprising: a reservoir for holding liquid tungsten hexafluoride; a vaporizer for vaporizing liquid tungsten hexafluoride from said reservoir; heat supply means for supplying heat to said vaporizer; a pump for mixing gaseous fluorine with tungsten hexafluoride vapor; fluorine supply means coupled to said pump; reactor means for containing particular tungsten for reaction with fluorine delivered thereto from said pump; cooler means for cooling gaseous products from said reactor; condenser means coupled to said cooler means, means leading from said condenser means to said reservoir; product collector means for collect liquid tungsten hexafluoride overflowing said reservoir; and bypass means between said condenser and said pump to bypass said reservoir and said vaporizer with non-condensable gases from said condenser.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of copending application Ser. No. 476,232, filed Feb. 7, 1990.
US Referenced Citations (5)
Non-Patent Literature Citations (1)
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Perry et al., "Chemical Eng. Handbook, 5th Ed.," pp. 23-56, 1973. |
Divisions (1)
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476232 |
Feb 1990 |
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