INORGANIC MATERIALS DIVISION ANNUAL REPORT, 1960

Technical Report · Tue Feb 21 04:00:00 EST 1961

OSTI ID:4838097

Activities in an inorganic materials program concerned with the material envirorment in which atomic energy processes can be carried out most effectively are described. Research is directed primarily toward basic knowledge out of which new or improved solutions to these materials problems will arise. Considerable emphasis is placed on investigations of selected substances at very high temperatures. The investigations are directed primarily toward the mechanical and chemical properties of matenials and tcward the atomic factors which determine these properties. General principles are sought from which properties may be predicted for large groups of substances over wide temperature ranges and in different states of fabrication. Thermal, electrical and other properties are also being investigated. A section on the prcgram in chemistry includes activities in high-temperature and general inonganic chemistry and in the physics and chemistry of the solid state. Another general section concerns work in the fields of ceramics and metallurgy. A third section concerns materials investigations in nuclear engineering which are barely under way at present. (auth)

• Research Organization: California. Univ., Berkeley. Lawrence Radiation Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• NSA Number: NSA-15-030532
• OSTI ID: 4838097
• Report Number(s): UCRL-9579
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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