Utilization of nuclear fission for chemical reactions

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A MICROPOROUS CONTACT MATERIAL FOR CARRYING OUT CHEMICAL REACTIONS COMPRISING PARTICLES OF A SOLID INORGANIC CARRIER HAVING A SURFACE AREA WITHIN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 5 TO 1,500 SQUARE METERS PER GRAM AND A PROE VOLUME OF 5 TO 70% OF THE TOTAL PARTICLE VOLUME, SAID PORES HAVING A RADIUS IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 4 ANGSTROMS TO 100 MICRONS, SAID PARTICLES HAVING A NOMINAL DIAMETER OF 150 MICRONS TO ONE INCH AND A MAXIMUM TRANSVERSE DIMENSION NOT MORE THAN FIVE TIMES THE MINIMUM TRANSVERSE DIMENSION, SAID PARTICLES HAVING DISPERSED THEREIN FISSIONABLE MATERIAL OF A GRAIN SIZE OF LESS THAN 6 MICRONS AND IN SUFFICIENT CONCENTRATION TO RENDER SAID CONTACT MATERIAL CAPAPBLE OF EFFECTING A NEUTRON-MULTIPLYING FISSION REACTION IN THE PRESENCE OF A SUITABLE NEUTRON FLUX, SAID CONTACT MATERIAL HAVING A DENSITY IN THE RANGE OF 1.8 TO 4.0 GRAMS PER CC., SAID CONTACT MATERIAL BEING FURTHER CHARACTERIZED BY THE FORMATION THEREIN OF ACTIVE CONTACT SITES BY VIRTUE OF THE TRANSFER OF ENERGY THERETO FROM HIGH ENERGY NORMALLY SOLID FISSION FRAGMENTS FORMED DURING SAID FISSION REACTION, SAID CONTACT SITES BEING ADAPTED TO TRANSFER ENERGY TO FLUID CHEMICAL REACTANTS DISPOSED IN SAID PORES, AND THE SIZE, SHAPE, AND POROSITY OF SAID PARTICLES AND DENSITY OF SAID CONTACT MATERIAL BEING CORRELATED TO ENABLE THE PARTICLES TO RETAIN THEREIN SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF SAID NORMALLY SOLID FISSION FRAGMENTS.