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LIQUID PHASE SINTERING OF METALLIC CARBIDES

Patent ·
OSTI ID:4133909

An improved method is given for fabricating uranium carbide composites, The method comprises forming a homogeneous mixture of powdered uranium carbide, a uranium intermetallic compound which wets and forms a eutectic with said carbide and has a non-uranium component which has a relatively high vapor pressure at a temperature in the range 1200 to 1500 deg C, and an organic binder, pressing said mixture to a composite of desired green strength, and then vacuum sintering said composite at the eutectic forming temperature for a period sufficient to remove at least a portion of the non-uranium containing component of said eutectic. (AEC)

Research Organization:
Originating Research Org. not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-18-005767
Assignee:
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Patent Number(s):
US 3118764
OSTI ID:
4133909
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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