Liaoning Honghao Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. realizes localization of high-abundance boron-10 acid

A few days ago, after assiduous research and all-out efforts to tackle key problems, Liaoning Honghao Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. produced boron-10 series products in one fell swoop, filling the domestic gap and reaching the highest level.

The production of boron-10 is a worldwide problem. Boron-10 has a very strong neutron absorption capacity and is a material for shielding nuclear radiation. It can be widely used in the nuclear industry, defense industry, and nuclear medicine. At present, only the United States and Japan are , Russia has realized industrial production.

Since the end of the 1970s, my country has started the research and development of this new product, the separation of boron-10 isotopes. However, due to the constraints of the process route, equipment and other aspects, it has not been able to form industrial production. The abundance of the test samples The value is also much lower than customer requirements.

Since 2010, Liaoning Honghao Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. has invested nearly 200 million yuan and devoted itself to the research and development of boron-10 products, aiming at this world-leading technology. In the past 6 years, the company has re-established a research team on the original basis. After many twists and turns, untold hardships, relying on independent research and development to overcome many difficulties, and finally in October this year, with a mature process, the trial production of boron-10 was successful. Acid products, it has become a domestic enterprise capable of producing boron-10 acid with an abundance of more than 95%, filling the domestic gap and making my country the fourth company in the world that can produce high-quality boron-10 chemicals after the United States, Japan and Russia. , get rid of the embarrassing situation of relying on imports.

Liaoning Honghao Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. uses the boron trifluoride-methyl ether system to enrich and separate boron isotopes by chemical exchange distillation, and then produces boron-10 acid products, and is dedicated to the research and development of downstream products.

In August 2016, the boron-10 acid product of Liaoning Honghao Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. was tested by the Physical and Chemical Testing Center of China Nuclear North Nuclear Fuel Component Co., Ltd. The abundance was 95.18%, and the chemical purity was 99.54%, both of which were in line with international special grade boron- 10 acid quality standards.

As of October 2016, the production capacity of boron-10 acid of Liaoning Honghao Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. has reached 3 tons/year (equivalent to 500 kg/year of boron-10 powder). Industrial Co., Ltd. plans to build four sets of production units. It is expected that the production capacity of boron-10 acid will exceed 12 tons/year in 2017 (equivalent to 2 tons/year of boron-10 powder).