Materials for high temperature nuclear engineering applications, progress report no. ...

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A Chemical study of an ambient temperature catalytic benzen synthesis is used in radiocarbon dating /

"Contract No. AT(40-1)-Gen-33."

Gnome postshot temperature and radiation studies : preliminary report /

On cover: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Plowshare Program. Project Gnome, Carlsbad, New Mexico, December 10, 1961.

Isostatic pressing of UO₂ in high temperature metals /

The hot isostatic pressing process has been applied at temperatures up to 1500°C for the fabrication of high temperature fuel rods composed of UO₂ clad in columbium and UO₂ in iron-aluminum type alloy. The fused UO₂ powder apparently becomes quite plastic at temperatures above 1200°C and can be isostatically compacted at 1500°C to 98% of its theoretical density. Columbian tubes particularly lend themselves to the fabrication of fuel rods by simultaneously compacting and cladding UO₂ powders in the tubes, but the cast iron-aluminum type alloy that was used was unsatisfactory because of its brittleness.