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Effect of sintering atmospheres on the sintering of uranium dioxide

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4934724
Sintering of UO/sub 2/ powder compacts pressed at 20,000 psi in different atmospheres was investigated. The effect of 0/U ratio on sintering in nitrogen and in air was investigated; usually, an increased initial densification with increase of O/U ratio was noted. Sintering in hydrogen, nitrogen; and air was more effective at higher sintering temperatures. Only hydrogen sintering resulted in geometrically sound pellets. Densities in excess of 94% theoretical could be obtained at temperatures as low as 1300 deg C in hydrogen, indicating the activity of UO/sub 2/ powder used. (auth) to characterize the renormalization over a wide range of temperature and over wave vectors extending throughout the Brillouin zone. Since EuO is a nearly ideal Heisenberg ferromagnet, such measurements provide a direct test of spin-wave theory at higher temperatures. Specifically, the data are compared with predictions of renormalization effects arising from two-magnon dynamical interactions. As expected, this description of the renormalization is found to be somewhat better for large q than for small-q magnons. (auth)
Research Organization:
Atomic Energy Establishment, Cairo (Egypt)
Sponsoring Organization:
Sponsor not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-29-008185
OSTI ID:
4934724
Report Number(s):
AREAEE--163
Country of Publication:
Egypt
Language:
English