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Burnable neutron absorbers

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6403081
Method of making a burnable neutron absorber of boron carbide in a matrix of aluminum oxide. In the practice of this method, boron-carbide particles are coated with a pore former and then they are mixed in a slurry with aluminum oxide powder. When the slurry is subsequently dried and sintered, the pore former is burned out and a body is formed including the boron-carbide particles in a matrix of aluminum oxide with substantially all boron-carbide particles in the body surrounded by a void.
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
Patent Number(s):
US 4522744
OSTI ID:
6403081
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English