SYNTHESIS AND FABRICATION OF MO-W COMPONENTS FOR NEUTRON RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT
A Molybdenum--{sup 182}Tungsten (Mo-{sup 182}W) alloy was specified for an application that would ultimately result in the measurement of temperature and particle velocity during the steady state time following the shock loading of various materials. The {sup 182}W isotope provides a tag for the analysis of neutron resonance line shape from which the temperature may be calculated. The material was specified to have 1.8 atom percent W, with W-rich regions no larger than 1 {micro}m in size. Both the composition and W distribution were critical to the experiment. Another challenge to the processing was the very small quantity of {sup 182}W material available for the synthesis of the alloy. Therefore, limited fabrication routes were available for evaluation. Several synthesis and processing routes were explored to fabricate the required alloy components. First, precipitation of W onto Mo powder using ammonium metatungstate was investigated for powder synthesis followed by uniaxial hot pressing. Second, mechanical alloying (MA) followed by hot isostatic pressing (HIP) and warm forging was attempted. Finally, arc-melting techniques followed by either hot rolling or crushing the alloyed button into powder and consolidation were pursued. The results of the processing routes and characterization of the materials produced will be discussed.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 768228
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-99-3877; TRN: US0102885
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Proceedings of the 1999 International Conference on Powder Metallurgy and Particulate Materials, Vancouver, British Columbia (CA), 06/20/1999--06/24/1999; Other Information: PBD: 1 Sep 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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