# Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items (Recast), Division [2A225]: Crucibles made of materials resistant to liquid actinide metals, as follows:


a..Crucibles having both of the following characteristics:
1..A volume of between 150 cm3 and 8 000 cm3; and
2..Made of or coated with any of the following materials, or combination of the following materials, having an overall impurity level of 2 % or less by weight:
a..Calcium fluoride (CaF2);
b..Calcium zirconate (metazirconate) (CaZrO3);
c..Cerium sulphide (Ce2S3);
d..Erbium oxide (erbia) (Er2O3);
e..Hafnium oxide (hafnia) (HfO2);
f..Magnesium oxide (MgO);
g..Nitrided niobium-titanium-tungsten alloy (approximately 50 % Nb, 30 % Ti, 20 % W);
h..Yttrium oxide (yttria) (Y2O3); or
i..Zirconium oxide (zirconia) (ZrO2);
b..Crucibles having both of the following characteristics:
1..A volume of between 50 cm3 and 2 000 cm3; and
2..Made of or lined with tantalum, having a purity of 99,9 % or greater by weight;
c..Crucibles having all of the following characteristics:
1..A volume of between 50 cm3 and 2 000 cm3;
2..Made of or lined with tantalum, having a purity of 98 % or greater by weight; and
3..Coated with tantalum carbide, nitride, boride, or any combination thereof.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/428/annex/I/division/4/division/1/division/2A225 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-428/annex-I/division-4/division-1/division-2A225
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