Thorium doped iridium alloy for radioisotope heat sources
Abstract
A novel iridium alloy containing 100-500 ppm thorium has enhanced impact properties over undoped iridium and over prior art iridium alloys.
- Inventors:
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- Oak Ridge, TN
- Powell, TN
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 863823
- Patent Number(s):
- 4253872
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C22 - METALLURGY C22C - ALLOYS
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- thorium; doped; iridium; alloy; radioisotope; heat; sources; novel; containing; 100-500; ppm; enhanced; impact; properties; undoped; prior; alloys; heat sources; alloy containing; heat source; iridium alloy; novel iridium; /420/
Citation Formats
Liu, Chain-Tsuan, Inouye, Henry, Schaffhauser, Anthony C, and White, Calvin L. Thorium doped iridium alloy for radioisotope heat sources. United States: N. p., 1981.
Web.
Liu, Chain-Tsuan, Inouye, Henry, Schaffhauser, Anthony C, & White, Calvin L. Thorium doped iridium alloy for radioisotope heat sources. United States.
Liu, Chain-Tsuan, Inouye, Henry, Schaffhauser, Anthony C, and White, Calvin L. Thu .
"Thorium doped iridium alloy for radioisotope heat sources". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/863823.
@article{osti_863823,
title = {Thorium doped iridium alloy for radioisotope heat sources},
author = {Liu, Chain-Tsuan and Inouye, Henry and Schaffhauser, Anthony C and White, Calvin L},
abstractNote = {A novel iridium alloy containing 100-500 ppm thorium has enhanced impact properties over undoped iridium and over prior art iridium alloys.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981},
month = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981}
}