Method of forming ceramic bricks

Patent · Wed Apr 22 00:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:6792256

Poeppel, R B; Claar, T D; Silkowski, P

A method for forming free standing ceramic bricks for use as tritium breeder material is disclosed. Aqueous solutions of sodium carbonate and potassium carbonate are mixed with an organic hydrocolloid dispersion and powdered lithium carbonate, spray dried, and ceramic bricks formed by molding in a die and firing.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• Assignee: ANL; EDB-88-182069
• Patent Number(s): PATENTS-US-A6041266
• OSTI ID: 6792256
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS
BINDERS
BREEDING BLANKETS
BRICKS
BUILDING MATERIALS
CARBOHYDRATES
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBONATES
CELLULOSE
CERAMICS
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
DISPERSIONS
FABRICATION
GRAIN BOUNDARIES
INVENTIONS
LITHIUM CARBONATES
LITHIUM COMPOUNDS
MATERIALS
MICROSTRUCTURE
MIXTURES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLYSACCHARIDES
POTASSIUM CARBONATES
POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS
POWDERS
REACTOR COMPONENTS
SACCHARIDES
SINTERING
SODIUM CARBONATES
SODIUM COMPOUNDS
SOLUTIONS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS