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The Manufacture of Aluminum Clad Aluminum-Plutonium Alloy Irradiation Specimens

Description: This report describes the manufacture of 25 Aluminum clad, 10 w/o plutonium-aluminum alloy and 5 w/o plutonium-aluminum alloy cored specimens for Argonne National Laboratory-University of California irradiation tests in the Materials Testing Reactor. The manufacturing method: preparation of cores and cladding material, assembly and welding of compacts, outgassing, roll bonding, shearing, identification marking and final fabrication into napkin "rings" is described in detail. Of ninety-six speciā€¦ more
Date: April 17, 1952
Creator: Shuck, Arthur B., 1918-
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