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Microscopies optique et electronique du bioxyde d'uranium fritte (in French)

Journal Article · · Journal of Nuclear Materials

Methods of preparing surfaces of UO₂ by mechanical or electrolytic polishing, and of revealing the structure by anodic or chemical attack, by bombardment or by oxidation, are described and their respective limitations are analyzed. These various techniques were applied to the study of the influence of preparation conditions on the pore distribution, on the micro-profile of the external surfaces of compacts or of the internal surface of pores, on the surface structure of intergranular boundaries revealed by microfractography, etc. The sensitivity of the various quoted techniques allows patterns to be revealed which are similar to those revealed in metals and which are undoubtedly related to the interaction of dislocations

Research Organization:
Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires, Saclay, France
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
NSA Number:
NSA-15-031234
OSTI ID:
4840583
Journal Information:
Journal of Nuclear Materials, Journal Name: Journal of Nuclear Materials Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 4; ISSN 0022-3115
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
French