X-ray diffraction studies of binary plutonium. Uranium alloys: an interim report

Technical Report · Mon Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6615025· OSTI ID:6615025

Wallace, P L; Harvey, M R

This report describes x-ray diffraction studies of Pu-U alloys carried on at LLNL in 1972. These studies were part of a larger project to understand the 2-phase, banded microstructures observed in Pu-15 wt% U alloys by Riefenberg and Ellinger. This work has produced relatively high-quality diffraction patterns for both components of the banded structures, but computer indexing of these patterns did not produce acceptable solutions for either the zeta-phase or the second component of the banded structures. The effect of uranium on ..cap alpha..-Pu's lattice parameters is determined, and the data for the effect of uranium on ..beta..-Pu's lattice parameters are extended.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 6615025
• Report Number(s): UCID-18922; TRN: 81-004747
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
PLUTONIUM ALLOYS
LATTICE PARAMETERS
MICROSTRUCTURE
URANIUM ALLOYS
X-RAY DIFFRACTION
ACTINIDE ALLOYS
ALLOYS
COHERENT SCATTERING
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
DIFFRACTION
SCATTERING
360102* - Metals & Alloys- Structure & Phase Studies