NUCLEAR FUEL MATERIAL
Abstract
An improved method is given for making the carbides of nuclear fuel material. The metal of the fuel material, which may be a fissile and/or fertile material, is transformed into a silicide, after which the silicide is comminuted to the desired particle size. This silicide is then carburized at an elevated temperature, either above or below the melting point of the silicide, to produce an intimate mixture of the carbide of the fuel material and the carbide of silicon. This mixture of the fuel material carbide and the silicon carbide is relatively stable in the presence of moisture and does not exhibit the highly reactive surface condition which is observed with fuel material carbides made by most other known methods. (AEC)
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 4840194
- Patent Number(s):
- 3041260
- Assignee:
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10S - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- NSA Number:
- NSA-16-019329
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-62
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- METALS, CERAMICS, AND OTHER MATERIALS; CARBIDES; CARBURIZATION; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; FERTILE MATERIALS; FISSIONABLE MATERIALS; GRAIN SIZE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; MIXING; PREPARATION; SILICIDES; SILICON CARBIDES; STABILITY
Citation Formats
Goeddel, W V. NUCLEAR FUEL MATERIAL. United States: N. p., 1962.
Web.
Goeddel, W V. NUCLEAR FUEL MATERIAL. United States.
Goeddel, W V. Tue .
"NUCLEAR FUEL MATERIAL". United States.
@article{osti_4840194,
title = {NUCLEAR FUEL MATERIAL},
author = {Goeddel, W V},
abstractNote = {An improved method is given for making the carbides of nuclear fuel material. The metal of the fuel material, which may be a fissile and/or fertile material, is transformed into a silicide, after which the silicide is comminuted to the desired particle size. This silicide is then carburized at an elevated temperature, either above or below the melting point of the silicide, to produce an intimate mixture of the carbide of the fuel material and the carbide of silicon. This mixture of the fuel material carbide and the silicon carbide is relatively stable in the presence of moisture and does not exhibit the highly reactive surface condition which is observed with fuel material carbides made by most other known methods. (AEC)},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {1962},
month = {6}
}
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