Process for alloying uranium and niobium
Patent
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OSTI ID:5934868
This patent describes alloys such as U-6Nb prepared by forming a stacked sandwich array of uranium sheets and niobium powder disposed in layers between the sheets, heating the array in a vacuum induction melting furnace to a temperature such as to melt the uranium, holding the resulting mixture at a temperature above the melting point of uranium until the niobium dissolves in the uranium, and casting the uranium-niobium solution. Compositional uniformity in the alloy product is enabled by use of the sandwich structure of uranium sheets and niobium powder.
- Assignee:
- US DOE, Washington, DC (USA)
- Patent Number(s):
- A; US 5006306
- Application Number:
- PPN: US 7-578154
- OSTI ID:
- 5934868
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
360101* -- Metals & Alloys-- Preparation & Fabrication
360102 -- Metals & Alloys-- Structure & Phase Studies
ACTINIDE ALLOYS
ALLOYS
CASTING
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMICAL PREPARATION
DISPERSIONS
FABRICATION
LAYERS
METALLURGY
MIXTURES
NIOBIUM ALLOYS
POWDER METALLURGY
POWDERS
SOLUTIONS
SYNTHESIS
URANIUM ALLOYS
360101* -- Metals & Alloys-- Preparation & Fabrication
360102 -- Metals & Alloys-- Structure & Phase Studies
ACTINIDE ALLOYS
ALLOYS
CASTING
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMICAL PREPARATION
DISPERSIONS
FABRICATION
LAYERS
METALLURGY
MIXTURES
NIOBIUM ALLOYS
POWDER METALLURGY
POWDERS
SOLUTIONS
SYNTHESIS
URANIUM ALLOYS