EFFECTS OF TERNARY ADDITIONS OF ALUMINUM-35 w/o URANIUM ALLOYS

Technical Report · Tue Oct 27 04:00:00 EST 1959

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4185724· OSTI ID:4185724

Daniel, N. E.; Foster, E. L.; Dickerson, R. F.

The effects of a number of ternary additions on the constitution, casting, and fabricating characteristics and the physical properties of aluminum- 35 wt.% uranium were investigated. Initial investigations were concerned with the effects of 3 at.% ternary additions on the microstructure and press-forging characteristics of the alloy. It was found that additions of this magnitude often introduced extrinsic phases in the alloy. At the 3 wt% level, additions of germanium, silicon, tin, or zirconium inhibited the formation of UAl/sub 4/ and thereby increased the extent of the aluminum matrix in the alloy. It was also noted that these additions decreased the pressures required for extruding, and the tin addition also improved the homogeneity of cast shapes. Lead and palladium also improved the homogeneity of the cast material; however, neither of these was an effective inhibitor of UAl/sub 4/ and free lead was detected in the alloy to which lead had been added as the ternary. From these studies it appears that tin and zirconium are as effective as silicon in enhancing the fabricating characteristics of rior when evaluated on the bases of casting qualities and recycling characteristics. (auth)

• Research Organization: Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, Ohio
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-92
• NSA Number: NSA-14-010791
• OSTI ID: 4185724
• Report Number(s): BMI-1388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

ADDITIVES
ALUMINUM ALLOYS
CASTING
CHEMICALS
EFFICIENCY
ELEMENTS
EXTRUSION
FABRICATION
FORGING
GERMANIUM
INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS
LEAD
METALLOGRAPHY
METALS, CERAMICS, AND MATERIALS
PALLADIUM
PHASE DIAGRAMS
PRESSURE
SILICON
TIN
URANIUM ALLOYS
ZIRCONIUM