INTEGRATED THORIUM-URANIUM TARGET ELEMENTS. Terminal Report

Technical Report · Mon Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1956

OSTI ID:4332510

Witt, R H; Nylin, J; McCullough, H M

An investigation was made of the powder metallurgy of Th samples containing from 0 to 5% U. Densities approach ing the calculated values for mixtures of the powders used were attained either by hot-pressing or by cold compacting, sintering, and coining. In addition, blending studies showed the advartages of using --325 mesh powders to obtain the best distribution of U particles in a Th matrix. Chemical analysis of various sections of samples indicated that uniform U contents can be obtained by control of the particle size and blending procedures. Cold compaction in vacuo or Ar showed little improvement in density over that obtained for samples cold compacted in air. Included is a comparison of the compactibility and sintering chararteristics of Th powders produced by the hydride method and by C reduction of ThO/sub 2/. (auth)

• Research Organization: Sylvania Electric Products Inc., Atomic Energy Div., Bayside, N.Y.
• NSA Number: NSA-12-000929
• OSTI ID: 4332510
• Report Number(s): SEP-231
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

AIR
CARBON
COLD WORKING
COMPACTING
CONTROL
DENSITY
DISTRIBUTION
GRAIN SIZE
HOT WORKING
HYDRIDES
MINERALOGY, METALLURGY, AND CERAMICS
MIXING
PARTICLES
POWDER METALLURGY
QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS
QUANTITY RATIO
REDUCTION
SINTERING
TARGETS
THORIUM ALLOYS
THORIUM OXIDES
URANIUM ALLOYS
VACUUM