AN ATTEMPT TO LOCATE INTERMETALLIC PARTICLES IN ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS USING A BITTER FIGURE TECHNIQUE

Technical Report · Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1961

OSTI ID:4812273

Cox, B; Harder, B R

The compound ZrFe/sub 2/ is known to be ferromagnetic, and an attempt to locate particles of magnetic material in zircaloy-2 and dilute Zr- Fe alloys by a Bitter figure technlque is described. An Fe/sub 3/O/sub 4/ sol in water-soluble plastic was used to prepare Bitter figures of the alloy surfaces in the form of replicas, which were then examined in an electron microscope. No magnetic particles were located in either zircaloy-2 or a Zr-O.3% Fe alloy. Subsequent work on specimens of ZrFe/sub 2/ showed that the failure to detect it in the dilute alloys arose because the size of the intermetallic particles in the latter was smaller than the size of the magnetic domains. (auth)

• Research Organization: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. Research Group. Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, Berks, England
• NSA Number: NSA-16-004270
• OSTI ID: 4812273
• Report Number(s): AERE-R-3845
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-62
• Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• Language: English

Related Subjects

ENGINEERING AND EQUIPMENT
ALLOYS
DETECTION
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS
INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS
IRON ALLOYS
IRON OXIDES
MAGNETIC MATERIALS
POLYMERS
PREPARATION
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
SOLUTIONS
SURFACES
WATER
ZIRCALOY
ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS