MOLDS FOR CASTING PLUTONIUM
Abstract
A coated mold for casting plutonium comprises a mold base portion of a material which remains solid and stable at temperatures as high as the pouring temperature of the metal to be cast and having a thin coating of the order of 0.005 inch thick on the interior thereof. The coating is composed of finely divided calcium fluoride having a particle size of about 149 microns. (AEC)
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 4816907
- Patent Number(s):
- 3023119
- Assignee:
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B22 - CASTING B22C - FOUNDRY MOULDING
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- NSA Number:
- NSA-16-008860
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-62
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- ENGINEERING AND EQUIPMENT; CALCIUM FLUORIDES; GRAIN SIZE; PARTICLES; PLUTONIUM; SOLIDS; TEMPERATURE; THICKNESS
Citation Formats
Anderson, J W, Miley, F, and Pritchard, W C. MOLDS FOR CASTING PLUTONIUM. United States: N. p., 1962.
Web.
Anderson, J W, Miley, F, & Pritchard, W C. MOLDS FOR CASTING PLUTONIUM. United States.
Anderson, J W, Miley, F, and Pritchard, W C. Tue .
"MOLDS FOR CASTING PLUTONIUM". United States.
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title = {MOLDS FOR CASTING PLUTONIUM},
author = {Anderson, J W and Miley, F and Pritchard, W C},
abstractNote = {A coated mold for casting plutonium comprises a mold base portion of a material which remains solid and stable at temperatures as high as the pouring temperature of the metal to be cast and having a thin coating of the order of 0.005 inch thick on the interior thereof. The coating is composed of finely divided calcium fluoride having a particle size of about 149 microns. (AEC)},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {1962},
month = {2}
}
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