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Title: MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES DURING THE /cap alpha/-/cap beta/-/cap alpha/ TRANSFORMATION OF URANIUM

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4762244

The changes in the grain structure of U during an alpha - BETA - alpha transformation cycle were examined with a hot-stage optical microscope and photographed on movie film. An apparent superheating'' effect was observed while heating through the alpha - BETA transformation. A finite time at a BETA -phase temperature was required before the transformation front passed through the field of view. Cooling to the alpha phase before thc alpha - BETA front passed resulted in grain growth without the passage of a front. A similar front was observed during the P-k transformation. In both transformations the main front was composed of sub-fronts'' that defined the resulting grain size. (auth)

Research Organization:
Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) & Co. Savannah River Lab., Aiken, S.C.
DOE Contract Number:
AT(07-2)-1
NSA Number:
NSA-17-006680
OSTI ID:
4762244
Report Number(s):
TID-15539
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-63
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English