At elevated temperatures both oxygen and nitrogen react with thorium. In its fabrication, such operations as melting, forging, roiling, swaging, and the like are commonly employed. We would like to know the precautions that must be preserved to prevent contamination of the metal during the various operations.
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Atomic Energy Commission Report AECD-3578
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At elevated temperatures both oxygen and nitrogen react with thorium. In its fabrication, such operations as melting, forging, roiling, swaging, and the like are commonly employed. We would like to know the precautions that must be preserved to prevent contamination of the metal during the various operations.
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Gerds, A. F. & Mallett, M. W.The Reaction Of Nitrogen With Thorium And The Diffusion Of Nitrogen In Thorium,
report,
May 26, 1953;
Washington, D.C..
(https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1258036/:
accessed March 14, 2026),
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