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Title: CASTING LARGE INGOTS OF URANIUM

Journal Article · · Metal Progr.
OSTI ID:4312272

Sound ingots, 7 in. dianneter, weighing 1200 lb and with 91 to 95% recovery in metal, can be cast in iron molds after induction melting the uranium "derbies" in magnesia or graphite crucibles under open argon atmosphere. A small araount of barium chloride, added shortly before pouring, protects the stresra of molten metal from oxidation. (auth)

Research Organization:
Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, Ohio
NSA Number:
NSA-12-000187
OSTI ID:
4312272
Journal Information:
Metal Progr., Vol. Vol: 72, No. 3; Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-58
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English

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