SLIP CASTING OF NUCLEAR FUEL ELEMENTS. Report No. IV

Technical Report · Wed Jun 15 04:00:00 EDT 1960

OSTI ID:4175795

Baron, E H; Clark, F H; Comstock, G J; Yoblin, J A

APPR-type fuel plate sections were spray clad with spherical and flaked type 316 stainless steel, alone and in combination. An aqueous solution of an acrylic resin, and an alcohol water vehicle thickened with an alginate derivative were tested for suitability as spraying slips. Seventeen plates made in these tests were autoclaved for thirteen days at 330 deg C with only superficial attack and no blistering or separation of cladding. Liquid phase sintering tests were continued to determine the conditions by which high densities might be obtained at reduced sintering temperatures with a minimum amount of two phase structure. Sample mass, particle size, Nicrobraz type and amount, and sintering time and temperature were varied. Development work was sthrted on methods for applying the "picture frame" to slip east fuel plates. (auth)

• Research Organization: Stevens Inst. of Tech., Hoboken, N.J. Powder Metallurgy Lab.
• NSA Number: NSA-14-018147
• OSTI ID: 4175795
• Report Number(s): TID-6090
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

ACRYLATES
ACRYLIC ACID
ALGINIC ACID
BLISTERS
CANNING
CASTING
COLLOIDS
CONFIGURATION
DENSITY
FUEL ELEMENTS
GRAIN SIZE
LIQUIDS
MASS
MATERIALS TESTING
METALS, CERAMICS, AND OTHER MATERIALS
ORGANIC ACIDS
PLANNING
PLATES
PRESSURE VESSELS
RESINS
SAMPLING
SINTERING
SLIP CASTING
SOLUTIONS
SPHERES
SPUTTERING
STAINLESS STEEL-316
STAINLESS STEELS
TEMPERATURE
THICKNESS
USES
WATER