MELTING POINT OF Th-U-C FUEL ELEMENTS
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4209975
Experiments to provide information on fuel element behavior at high temperatures are discussed. It is felt that an effort should be made to establish a value for the saturated concertration of Th or U in graphite at 1000 to 2500 deg C. Other experiments considered of value in establishing melting data include determination of solubility of ThC/sub 2/ in graphite, U, Zr, and rare eanth mixture in ThC/sub 2/, MoThC/sub 2/ in ThC/sub 2/, Rh in ThC/sub 2/, and BaC/sub 2/ in ThC/sub 2/, and the melting point of BaC/sub 2/ -graphite mixtures. (J.R. D.)
- Research Organization:
- General Atomic Div., General Dynamics Corp., San Diego, Calif.
- NSA Number:
- NSA-14-005575
- OSTI ID:
- 4209975
- Report Number(s):
- AECU-4535; GAMD-901
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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