EFFECTS OF HEAT TREATMENT ON MICROSTRUCTURE AND FABRICABILITY OF 48 WT. % URANIUM-52 WT. % ALUMINUM ALLOYS
This investigation was undertaken to establish the feasibility of spheroidizing the eutectic in 48 wt.% U--Al alloys with the ultimate goals being reduction of edge cracking during hot rolling of the core alloy and diminution of dog-boning during hot rolling of composite fuel plates: It was felt that the problems of edge cracking and dog-boning, which were recurrent during development of the 48 wt.% U--Al alloy for Foreign Reactor Program applications, might both be minlmized with a heat-treated alloy. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., Tenn.
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-26
- NSA Number:
- NSA-12-000276
- OSTI ID:
- 4335026
- Report Number(s):
- CF-57-3-160
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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