by Bruce A. Perreault

铀萃取过程的残留物丢弃多年,直到享受尼利镭才发现镭才能。在她对沥青细胞的放射性成分的分析中,首先将矿石与碳酸钠融合,然后溶解在盐酸中。通过硫化氢沉淀除去凝集纤维,如铅,铜和铋等铅基团的金属。剩余的金属,例如铁和锌也通过沉淀用合适的药剂除去。分离出与铋结合的放射性元素。它被称为“波利昂”,以纪念迪莉士的祖国。

A mixture of barium and radium chlorides remained in solution. After the removal of the metals of the first two groups, the last and most tedious process of extraction was to obtain the radium chloride as free as possible from the barium chloride.

The Curie process of extraction of radium chloride from barium chloride is called “fractional crystallization.” This method depended upon the fact that radium chloride is less soluble in water than barium chloride. Therefore, if a mixture of these two chlorides is dissolved in water or alcohol, the first crystals that are deposited are richer in radium than those that remain within the solution. These first crystals are the richest in radium.

收集第一晶体,再次溶解,使其如前所述结晶并收集。循环重复多次,直到晶体几乎没有钡。当获得最纯氯化镭时,其强度为铀的强度约为1,500,000倍。

* Excerpts taken from “RADIUM: and other Radio-active Elements” by L. A. Levy and H. G. Willis; Percival Marshall & Co., p. 17 – 21.

Madame Curie’s process was very time consuming and the barium was never completely removed. Only small amounts of radium could be obtained, making it a very rare substance. To this day there are very small inventories of this substance, making the cost prohibitive for research and practical applications. The Curie process of extraction, being so long and so difficult, has made radium research impractical to this day.

讨厌的过程

我用来从父母矿石中提取铀,钍和镭的方法与居里工艺相反。除了蒸发钡溶液,超饱和来形成双向饱和。我的结晶过程只需要几分钟,而居里过程需要几个月。这使得新的镭的研究成为可能。我的方法还将门口更经济地生产铀和钍,没有通常相关的危险和浪费的副产品。

Until now, none have thought to drive off the barium with heat. This is due to the rarity and expense that has been associated with its radium salts. The final heat treatment yields a pure oxide. There is no barium that is left behind. We now can study the true nature of what has been dubbed “radium.”

在发现我的过程中已经做出了巨大的进步。但是,还有更多的工作要做。今天制造的钡包括七个非放射性稳定同位素。我们需要隔离每个同位素。每个单独的同位素都需要在我的过程中使用,并且必须明确记录结果。我怀疑的是,个人钡同位素将粘附在特定的目标上,是铀,钍或镭。这个假设是基于加入氦的原子重量(他4.)to the weight of one of the barium isotopes. We add four units until we hit our target metal that we want to extract.

以下图表可能有进一步研究的变化。如果我对这个目标假设是纠正,那么设想这些目标在地球上的形成是不是太难。没有人想知道为什么U235原子“分裂”留下钡的短暂的放射性同位素?此处呈现的图表可能会解释该事件。甚至在这里讨论的所有其他元素同位素都可以找到其他什么发现?我们现在能够孤立未被发现的元素吗?不幸的是,我没有资金继续使用这一研究。希望有些大学实验室携带火炬,并给了我这个原始发现的信誉。

Isotope

Percent found in Nature

Targets

Ba130.

0.101%

ra.226U234.U238.

Ba132.

0.097%

ra.224Th228Th232.

Ba134.

2.42%

ra.226U234.U238.

Ba135.

6.59%

ra.223U235.

Ba13.6

7.81%

ra.224Th228Th232.

Ba13.7

11。3.2%

未知

Ba13.8

71.66%

ra.226U234.U238.

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Going Beyond the Curies

铀萃取过程的残留物丢弃多年,直到享受尼利镭才发现镭才能。在她对沥青细胞的放射性成分的分析中,首先将矿石与碳酸钠融合,然后溶解在盐酸中。通过硫化氢沉淀除去凝集纤维,如铅,铜和铋等铅基团的金属。The remaining metals, such as iron and lead were also removed by precipitation with suitable agents. A radioactive element combined with bismuth was also isolated. It was called “Polonium” in honor of Madame Curie’s native country.

A mixture of barium and radium chlorides remained in solution. After the removal of the metals of the first two groups, the last and most tedious process of extraction was to obtain the radium chloride as free as possible from the barium chloride.

The Curie process of extraction of radium chloride from barium chloride is called “fractional crystallization.” This method depended upon the fact that radium chloride is less soluble in water than the barium chloride. Therefore, if a mixture of these two chlorides is dissolved in water or alcohol, the first crystals to form are richer in radium than those that remain in the solution. These first crystals are the richest in radium.

The first crystals were collected, again dissolved, allowed to re-crystallize and collected as before. The cycle was repeated many times until the crystals became practically free from the barium. When the purest radium chloride was obtained its intensity was about 1,500,000 times than uranium.

* Excerpts taken from “RADIUM: and other Radio-active Elements” by L. A. Levy and H. G. Willis; Percival Marshall & Co., from pages 17 – 21. This book is undated, but its bookplate suggests it was new in 1908.

Madame Curie’s process was very time consuming and the barium was never completely removed. Only small amounts of radium could be obtained, making it a very rare substance. To this day there are very small inventories of this substance, making the cost prohibitive for research and practical applications. The Curie process of extraction, being so long and so difficult, has made radium research impractical to this day. Besides, it is the effects of the radon gas that the radium holds that produces the effects that many seek.

Why is my process unique?

我用来从父母矿石中提取铀,钍和镭的方法与居里工艺相反。Instead of evaporating the barium solution, super saturation is used to form double salts. My crystallization process takes only a few minutes whereas the Curie process takes a few months. This makes possible a new era of research that requires radon gas. My method also opens a doorway to producing uranium and thorium more economically, without the normally associated hazardous and wasteful by-products.

居里夫人处于部分错误,因为她的获得镭的方法不仅仅是由于钡为镭的碳酸钡。事实上,我的发现证明了钡也带有铀和钍!

From this day forward my discovery will be known as FRACTIONAL PRECIPITATION. This process takes what Madame Curie did with her radium extraction to a whole new level because I have observed something that she failed to see. In fact, all scientists after her also failed to see what I have observed.

由于镭盐没有相关的费用one had thought to expose it to high temperatures. It is the heat treatment that yields an extremely finely divided pure oxide. We now can study the true nature of what has been dubbed “radium.” Great strides have been made with the discovery of my preparation. However, there is still more work to be done. The barium that is manufactured today consists of seven non-radioactive stable isotopes. Each individual isotope needs to be used in my preparation and the results must be clearly documented.