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Title: Plastic deformation in oxide ceramics. Progress report, January 1-December 31, 1980

Abstract

Effects of O/U ratio on UO/sub 2/ single crystals oriented either to suppress or promote )100) < 110 > slip are described. For both orientations, a change from crystallographic to noncrystallographic slip is observed with composition and temperature and correlated with the presence of Willis defects. Research on the kinetics and mechanism of formation of crystallographic shear (CS) planes in reduced rutile (TiO/sub 2-x/) is also described. Two orientations of CS planes, )132) and )121), are present, although prior work had suggested that only one orientation would be present for the particular value of x studied. In-situ reductions in the environmental stage of the HVEM have also begun. Precipitation in nonstoichiometric spinels was also investigated.

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Research Org.:
Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH (USA). Dept. of Metallurgy and Materials Science
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
6880615
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OSTI ID: 6880615
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/04217-T1
TRN: 80-018722
DOE Contract Number:
AS02-77ER04217
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; RUTILE; MICROSTRUCTURE; SPINELS; PRECIPITATION; TITANIUM OXIDES; URANIUM DIOXIDE; SLIP; MONOCRYSTALS; ORIENTATION; QUANTITY RATIO; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SHEAR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS; ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS; ALUMINIUM OXIDES; CHALCOGENIDES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNESIUM OXIDES; MATERIALS; MINERALS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE MINERALS; SEPARATION PROCESSES; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM OXIDES 360203* -- Ceramics, Cermets, & Refractories-- Mechanical Properties

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Heuer, A. H. Plastic deformation in oxide ceramics. Progress report, January 1-December 31, 1980. United States: N. p., 1980. Web. doi:10.2172/6880615.
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Heuer, A. H. Plastic deformation in oxide ceramics. Progress report, January 1-December 31, 1980. United States. doi:10.2172/6880615.
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Heuer, A. H. Mon . "Plastic deformation in oxide ceramics. Progress report, January 1-December 31, 1980". United States. doi:10.2172/6880615. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6880615.
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abstractNote = {Effects of O/U ratio on UO/sub 2/ single crystals oriented either to suppress or promote )100) < 110 > slip are described. For both orientations, a change from crystallographic to noncrystallographic slip is observed with composition and temperature and correlated with the presence of Willis defects. Research on the kinetics and mechanism of formation of crystallographic shear (CS) planes in reduced rutile (TiO/sub 2-x/) is also described. Two orientations of CS planes, )132) and )121), are present, although prior work had suggested that only one orientation would be present for the particular value of x studied. In-situ reductions in the environmental stage of the HVEM have also begun. Precipitation in nonstoichiometric spinels was also investigated.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980},
month = {Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980}
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