Zone sintering of ceramic fuels
Abstract
Cold pressed UC.sub.2 fuel compacts are sintered at temperatures greater than about 1850.degree. C. while in contact with a sintering facilitator material, e.g., tantalum, niobium, tungsten or a metal carbide such as uranium carbide, thereby allowing for a reduction in the overall porosity and leaving the desired product, i.e., a highly dense, large-grained uranium dicarbide. The process of using the sintering facilitator materials can be applied in the preparation of other carbide materials.
- Inventors:
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- Falls Church, VA
- Los Alamos, NM
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 869350
- Patent Number(s):
- 5320786
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21C - NUCLEAR REACTORS
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
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- zone; sintering; ceramic; fuels; cold; pressed; fuel; compacts; sintered; temperatures; 1850; degree; contact; facilitator; material; tantalum; niobium; tungsten; metal; carbide; uranium; allowing; reduction; overall; porosity; leaving; desired; product; highly; dense; large-grained; dicarbide; process; materials; applied; preparation; metal carbide; cold pressed; desired product; uranium dicarbide; fuel compacts; ceramic fuel; uranium carbide; highly dense; /252/264/
Citation Formats
Matthews, R Bruce, Chidester, Kenneth M, and Moore, H Gene. Zone sintering of ceramic fuels. United States: N. p., 1994.
Web.
Matthews, R Bruce, Chidester, Kenneth M, & Moore, H Gene. Zone sintering of ceramic fuels. United States.
Matthews, R Bruce, Chidester, Kenneth M, and Moore, H Gene. Sat .
"Zone sintering of ceramic fuels". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/869350.
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title = {Zone sintering of ceramic fuels},
author = {Matthews, R Bruce and Chidester, Kenneth M and Moore, H Gene},
abstractNote = {Cold pressed UC.sub.2 fuel compacts are sintered at temperatures greater than about 1850.degree. C. while in contact with a sintering facilitator material, e.g., tantalum, niobium, tungsten or a metal carbide such as uranium carbide, thereby allowing for a reduction in the overall porosity and leaving the desired product, i.e., a highly dense, large-grained uranium dicarbide. The process of using the sintering facilitator materials can be applied in the preparation of other carbide materials.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1994},
month = {1}
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