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The Ames process is a process by which pure uranium metal is obtained.[1] It can be achieved by mixing any of the uranium halides (commonly uranium tetrafluoride) with magnesium metal powder or aluminium metal powder.

  1. ^ "Ames Laboratory and Uranium Production in World War II". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2023-02-08.

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