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SYNTHESIS AND FABRICATION OF REFRACTORY URANIUM COMPOUNDS. Quarterly Report No. 1 for May 13 to August 31, 1959

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4190079
Uranium monocarbide powder having a UC content of about 97% was produced by heating a mixture of UO/sub 2/ and carbon in a vacuum furnace at 1800 deg C. Uranium monocarbide pellets having a density of about 10 grams per cubic centimeter were prepared. A few experiments indicated that nitrogen contamination in the atmosphere probably aids sintering of UC. Small quantities of U/sub 3/Si/sub 2/ were produced by quenching U - Si melts from about 1700 deg C. (W.L.H.)
Research Organization:
Carborundum Co. Research and Development Div., Niagara Falls, N.Y.
NSA Number:
NSA-14-001445
OSTI ID:
4190079
Report Number(s):
ORO-212
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English