Cermets and method for making same
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method for making a wide variety of general-purpose cermets and for radioactive waste disposal from ceramic powders prepared from urea-dispersed solutions containing various metal values. The powders are formed into a compact and subjected to a rapid temperature increase in a reducing atmosphere. During this reduction, one or more of the more readily reducible oxides in the compact is reduced to a selected substoichiometric state at a temperature below the eutectic phase for that particular oxide or oxides and then raised to a temperature greater than the eutectic temperature to provide a liquid phase in the compact prior to the reduction of the liquid phase forming oxide to solid metal. This liquid phase forms at a temperature below the melting temperature of the metal and bonds together the remaining particulates in the cermet to form a solid polycrystalline cermet.
- Inventors:
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- Clinton, TN
- Brentwood, TN
- Kingston, TN
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 864554
- Patent Number(s):
- 4383855
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C22 - METALLURGY C22C - ALLOYS
G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21F - PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- cermets; method; directed; wide; variety; general-purpose; radioactive; waste; disposal; ceramic; powders; prepared; urea-dispersed; solutions; containing; various; metal; values; formed; compact; subjected; rapid; temperature; increase; reducing; atmosphere; reduction; readily; reducible; oxides; reduced; selected; substoichiometric; below; eutectic; phase; particular; oxide; raised; provide; liquid; prior; forming; solid; forms; melting; bonds; remaining; particulates; cermet; form; polycrystalline; waste disposal; ceramic powder; metal values; ceramic powders; reducing atmosphere; melting temperature; temperature below; liquid phase; radioactive waste; solutions containing; wide variety; solid metal; rapid temperature; various metal; eutectic temperature; temperature increase; /419/75/252/976/
Citation Formats
Aaron, W Scott, Kinser, Donald L, and Quinby, Thomas C. Cermets and method for making same. United States: N. p., 1983.
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Aaron, W Scott, Kinser, Donald L, & Quinby, Thomas C. Cermets and method for making same. United States.
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@article{osti_864554,
title = {Cermets and method for making same},
author = {Aaron, W Scott and Kinser, Donald L and Quinby, Thomas C},
abstractNote = {The present invention is directed to a method for making a wide variety of general-purpose cermets and for radioactive waste disposal from ceramic powders prepared from urea-dispersed solutions containing various metal values. The powders are formed into a compact and subjected to a rapid temperature increase in a reducing atmosphere. During this reduction, one or more of the more readily reducible oxides in the compact is reduced to a selected substoichiometric state at a temperature below the eutectic phase for that particular oxide or oxides and then raised to a temperature greater than the eutectic temperature to provide a liquid phase in the compact prior to the reduction of the liquid phase forming oxide to solid metal. This liquid phase forms at a temperature below the melting temperature of the metal and bonds together the remaining particulates in the cermet to form a solid polycrystalline cermet.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1983},
month = {1}
}