Assessing the influence of microstructure on uranium hydride size distributions via small angle neutron scattering

Harris, Zachary; Garlea, Elena; Boyd, Tasha; DeBeer-Schmitt, Lisa; Littrell, Kenneth; Agnew, Sean

doi:10.1016/j.mtla.2023.101737

Assessing the influence of microstructure on uranium hydride size distributions via small angle neutron scattering

Journal Article · Sun Mar 05 00:00:00 EST 2023 · Materialia

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2023.101737· OSTI ID:1973361

^[1]; Garlea, Elena ^[2]; Boyd, Tasha ^[2]; ^[3]; ^[3]; Agnew, Sean ^[1]

Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (United States)
Y-12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Here, the effect of microstructure on the internal hydriding behavior of both cast (1 mm grain size) and rolled (25 μm grain size) uranium containing hydrogen concentrations between 0 and 1.8 wppm were evaluated via small angle neutron scattering (SANS). Increasing hydrogen content up to 1.8 wppm in the cast uranium only weakly affected the average uranium hydride (UH₃) precipitate size, calculated from the SANS data. Conversely, the UH₃ phase fraction was found to strongly depend on the hydrogen content in the same cast samples. A substantially reduced UH₃ particle size distribution was observed in the rolled uranium relative to cast uranium containing the same nominal hydrogen content. It is hypothesized that the suppression of UH₃ formation in the rolled uranium is driven by increased hydrogen trapping at grain boundaries, and theoretical calculations that account for trap density, potency, and hydrogen diffusion kinetics support this hypothesis.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; NA0001942

OSTI ID:: 1973361

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1962220

Journal Information:: Materialia, Journal Name: Materialia Vol. 28; ISSN 2589-1529

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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