Powder formation of {gamma} uranium-molybdenum alloys via hydration-dehydration
- Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares, Centro do Combustivel Nuclear, Avenida Professor Lineu Prestes 2242, Cidade Universitaria, 05508-900 Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo (Brazil)
- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Engenharia Quimica, Campus Universitario 88040-900, Florianopolis, Santa Catarina (Brazil)
Gamma uranium-molybdenum alloys has been considered as fuel phase in plate type fuel elements for MTR reactors, mainly due to their acceptable performance under irradiation and metallurgical processing. To its use as a dispersion phase in aluminum matrix, a necessary step is the conversion of the as cast structure into powder, and one of the techniques considered at IPEN / CNEN - Brazil is HDH (hydration-dehydration). The alloys were produced by the induction melting technique, and samples were obtained from the alloys for the thermal treatments, under constant flow of hydrogen, for temperatures varying from 400 deg C to 600 deg C and times from 1 to 4 hours, followed by dehydration. A preliminary characterization of the powders was made and the curves of mass variation versus time were obtained and related to the powder characteristics. This paper describes the first results on the development of the technology to the powder formation of the (5 to 10) % weight molybdenum {gamma}-UMo alloys, and discusses some of its aspects, mainly those related to the {gamma} {yields} {alpha} equilibrium data. (author)
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Laboratory, Nuclear Engineering Division, RERTR Department, Argonne, IL (United States); Czech Technical University, Prague (Czech Republic)
- OSTI ID:
- 21113548
- Report Number(s):
- INIS-US-08N0001; TRN: US08N0070121086
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: RERTR-2007: 29. international meeting on reduced enrichment for research and test reactors, Prague (Czech Republic), 23-27 Sep 2007; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); 18 refs, 5 figs; Related Information: In: 2007 international meeting on Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors (RERTR). Abstracts and available papers presented at the meeting, vp.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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