GB790991A - Uranium-niobium alloys - Google Patents

Uranium-niobium alloys

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GB790991A
GB790991A GB1312550A GB1312550A GB790991A GB 790991 A GB790991 A GB 790991A GB 1312550 A GB1312550 A GB 1312550A GB 1312550 A GB1312550 A GB 1312550A GB 790991 A GB790991 A GB 790991A
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Peter Charles Leslie Pfeil
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UK Atomic Energy Authority
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22C—ALLOYS
    • C22C43/00—Alloys containing radioactive materials
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22C—ALLOYS
    • C22C27/00—Alloys based on rhenium or a refractory metal not mentioned in groups C22C14/00 or C22C16/00
    • C22C27/02—Alloys based on vanadium, niobium, or tantalum

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Alloys for use as fuel elements in nuclear reactors consists of .Nb.0.1-90 per cent .U.the balance The U employed may be highly enriched with fissile material Thus alloys containing at least 60 per cent Nb and U enriched in U 235, U 233 and/or Pu 239 are of use in fast fission reactors. The alloys may be prepared by melting the metals together in a non-reactive atmosphere or in vacuo, in alumina or graphite crucibles where the alloys contain less than 10 per cent Nb, and in beryllia crucibles where the alloys contain up to 25 per cent Nb. Alternatively the alloys may be prepared by melting a mixture of the powdered metals in massive form by means of an arc from a tungsten electrode to a cooled copper hearth supporting the metals in an argon atmosphere. In another method a mixture of the powdered metals, passing a 300 mesh sieve, is compacted at room temperature or elevated temperature and sintered for 30 minutes at about 1150 DEG C. For alloys of lower Nb content lower sintering temperatures can be used.
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Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3369890A (en) * 1967-02-24 1968-02-20 Atomic Energy Commission Usa Method for making niobium-uranium alloy with predetermined total void volume and void size
GB2297764A (en) * 1995-02-10 1996-08-14 Ald Vacuum Techn Gmbh A process for the production of alloys
FR2777688A1 (en) * 1998-04-17 1999-10-22 Korea Atomic Energy Res Nuclear dispersion fuel production using uranium alloy powders
CN114561602A (en) * 2022-03-02 2022-05-31 东北大学 Novel NbTiZrU series uranium-containing high-entropy alloy

Cited By (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3369890A (en) * 1967-02-24 1968-02-20 Atomic Energy Commission Usa Method for making niobium-uranium alloy with predetermined total void volume and void size
GB2297764A (en) * 1995-02-10 1996-08-14 Ald Vacuum Techn Gmbh A process for the production of alloys
FR2731017A1 (en) * 1995-02-10 1996-08-30 Ald Vaccum Technologies Gmbh PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ALLOYS IN AN INDUCTION HEATED COLD WALL CUP
US5690891A (en) * 1995-02-10 1997-11-25 Ald Vacuum Technologies Gmbh Process for the production of alloys in an inductively heated cold-walled crucible
GB2297764B (en) * 1995-02-10 1998-09-02 Ald Vacuum Techn Gmbh A process for the production of alloys in an inductively heated cold-walled crucible
FR2777688A1 (en) * 1998-04-17 1999-10-22 Korea Atomic Energy Res Nuclear dispersion fuel production using uranium alloy powders
CN114561602A (en) * 2022-03-02 2022-05-31 东北大学 Novel NbTiZrU series uranium-containing high-entropy alloy
CN114561602B (en) * 2022-03-02 2022-09-30 东北大学 NbTiZrU series uranium-containing high entropy alloy

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