Patents by Inventor Jerry Foropoulos, Jr.

Jerry Foropoulos, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Dehydration of plutonium or neptunium trichloride hydrate
    Patent number: 5098682
    Abstract: A process of preparing anhydrous actinide metal trichlorides of plutonium or neptunium by reacting an aqueous solution of an actinide metal trichloride selected from the group consisting of plutonium trichloride or neptunium trichloride with a reducing agent capable of converting the actinide metal from an oxidation state of +4 to +3 in a resultant solution, evaporating essentially all the solvent from the resultant solution to yield an actinide trichloride hydrate material, dehydrating the actinide trichloride hydrate material by heating the material in admixture with excess thionyl chloride, and recovering anhydrous actinide trichloride is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1992
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: Jerry Foropoulos, Jr., Larry R. Avens, Eddie A. Trujillo