Dimensional Stability of Uranium Powder Compacts Upon Thermal Cycling
Description:
Thermal cycling tests on uranium have shown that the dimensional changes that occur on cycling in the alpha range are directly related to both the texture of the material and its grain size: cold rolled rods generally elongate in the direction of rolling, while the same rods, after a beta-treatment, grow at rates several orders of magnitude lower. This considerable improvement by beta-treatment has been attributed to the texture randomization accompanying the heat-treatment. In the course of th…
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Date:
November 30, 1953
Creator:
Mayfield, R. M.; Zegler, S. T. & Chiswik, H. H.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department