Synthesis and study of binary actinide and lanthanide compounds. VI. Palladium-curium alloys

Journal Article · Sun Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1985 · Sov. Radiochem. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:5701896

Radchenko, V M; Karelin, E A; Lebedeva, L S; Ryabinin, M A; Seleznev, A G; Shoshakov, V D

This paper reports the preparation of palladium-curium alloys, their fabrication into foil samples, and the results of studies on a number of their properties. The alloys were found to be solid solutions of curium in a palladium face-centered cubic lattice. The curium distribution in the bulk foil deviated by no more than 20% of the average. Studies were performed on the extent to which water leaches out the curium. Supplementary baking in hydrogen resulted in a curium leachability of 0.003-0.008% under standard conditions so that the samples could be classified as unleachable. The Pd-Cm alloys were easily soluble in nitric acid.

• OSTI ID: 5701896
• Journal Information: Sov. Radiochem. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. Radiochem. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 27:1; ISSN SVRDA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
360101* -- Metals & Alloys-- Preparation & Fabrication
ACTINIDE ALLOYS
ACTINIDES
ALLOY SYSTEMS
ALLOYS
BINARY ALLOY SYSTEMS
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CRYSTAL LATTICES
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
CUBIC LATTICES
CURIUM
CURIUM ALLOYS
DISPERSIONS
DISSOLUTION
DISTRIBUTION
ELEMENTS
FABRICATION
FCC LATTICES
FOILS
HEAT TREATMENTS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INORGANIC ACIDS
LEACHING
METALS
MIXTURES
NITRIC ACID
PALLADIUM ALLOYS
PLATINUM METAL ALLOYS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOLID SOLUTIONS
SOLUBILITY
SOLUTIONS
TEMPERATURE EFFECTS
TRANSPLUTONIUM ELEMENTS
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS