Aqueous Corrosion of Uranium Fuel-Element Cores Containing 0 to 20 w/o Zirconium
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Abstract: A description is given of the design and operation of a windowed autoclave system employed in the study of corrosion by pressurized hot water. The device has been used to obtain time-lapse motion pictures of the swelling and rupture of deliberately defected zirconium-clad uranium specimens. A method is described by which corrosion rates were calculated from pressure and temperature measurements. A typical set of pictures taken during a test is presented, and corrosion rates are report…
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Date:
January 7, 1957
Creator:
Grieser, Daniel R. & Simons, Eugene M.
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department