AEC. SYMPOSIUM ON THE PREPARATION AND CHARACTERISTICS OF METAL POWDERS, JANUARY 29-30, 1953, HELD AT NEW YORK AND BAYSIDE, N. Y.

Technical Report · Tue Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1953

OSTI ID:4304092

Thirty-six papers are presented: Design of Feed Materials Plant, Fernald, Ohio; Tbermodynnmic Feasibility of Various Reactions and PVT Relations in the U--H system: Fundamental Considerations; General Approaches to the Production of U; Equipment and Process for Production of Uranium Hydride; Preparation of Metnl Hydrides; Atomization Process for U Powders; Preparation of Th Powder; Preparation of ThH/sub 4/ from ThO/sub 2/; Preparation of ThH/sub 4/; Preparation of Th and Zr by Electrolysis of Fused Salts; Preparation of Zr Powder by the Knoll Process: Hydride Method; Preparation of Zr by Thermal Decomposition of CaH/sub 2/; Fused-Salt Production of Zr; Preparation of Zr by Vapor Deposition and Glow Discharge; Present and Projected Methods of Preparing Be Powder; Preparation of Be Directly from Its Compounds; Procedures for Determination of Particle Size and Distribution in Sub-Sieve Range; Particle Size and Distribution; Classification of Metal Powders by Screening, Fractional Sedimentation, and Air Classification; Screening and Roller Analysis; Safe Handling of Powders; Minimum Exposure of Personnel to Powder; Chemical Analysis of Powders; Mechanism of Pressing Powders; Low-Temperature Pressing-Sintering Techniques; Hydrostatic Pressing Techique; Mechanical Working of Metal Powders; Extrusion of Be; Rolling of Metal Powders; General Principles of Sintering as Applied to Nuclear Reactor Materinls; Hot-Pressing of Be, Th, and Be alloys; and Sintering or Heat Treatment of U Compounds or Alloys. (T.R.H.)

• Research Organization: Sylvania Electric Products Inc. Atomic Energy Div., Bayside, N. Y.; and New York Operations Office
• NSA Number: NSA-12-015543
• OSTI ID: 4304092
• Report Number(s): TID-5153(Del.)
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

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AEROSOLS-- BERYLLIUM-- CALCIUM HYDRIDES-- CHEMICAL REACTIONS-- DECOMPOSITION-- ELECTROLYSIS-- FUSED SALTS-- HYDRIDES-- PHASE DIAGRAMS-- PLANNING-- POWDERS-- PREPARATION-- PRODUCTION-- SPUTTERING-- THERMODYNAMICS-- THORIUM-- THORIUM HYDRIDES-- THORIUM OXIDES-- URANIUM-- URANIUM HYDRIDES-- ZIRCONIUM
AIR-- BERYLLIUM COMPOUNDS-- COMPACTING-- DISTRIBUTION-- EXTRUSION-- FILTERS-- GRAIN SIZE-- HEAT TREATMENTS-- HOT WORKING-- MACHINING-- PRECIPITATION-- QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS-- REACTORS-- REMOTE HANDLING-- ROLLING-- SINTERING-- URANIUM ALLOYS-- URANIUM COMPOUNDS
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