CENTRIFUGAL CASTING OF ALUMINUM-URANIUM ALLOYS
Centrifugal-casting techniques were investigated as a method of producing hollow cylindrical extrusion billets of aluminum-35 wt.% uranium. Among the variables evaluated were melt temperature, mold and pouring-spout configurations, mold speed, and method of pouring. With the equipment employed it was found that the best castings were produced utilizing a pouring temperature of 2400 ction prod- , a heavy-walled steel cylinder rotating between 700 and 900 rpm for the mold and a bottom-pouring technique employing a retractable pouring spout. Sound, nonporous billets 26 in. long and 5 in. in diameter were produced with a yield after machining of over 75% of the original charge. The major losses occurred in the pouring spout-and-cup asserably. This loss is relatively unaffected by the casting length; and, therefore, castings of greater length than 26 in. should result in even greater recoveries. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, OH (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-92
- NSA Number:
- NSA-14-010764
- OSTI ID:
- 4155029
- Report Number(s):
- BMI-1363
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Decl. Feb. 8, 1960. Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-60
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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