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Compatibility of buffered uranium carbides with tungsten.Results of compatibility tests between tungsten and hyperstoichiometric uranium carbide alloys run at 1800 C for 1000 and 2500 hours. These tests compared tungsten-buffered uranium carbide with tungsten-buffered uranium-zirconium carbide. The zirconium carbide addition appeared to widen the homogeneity range of the uranium carbide, making additional carbon available for reaction. Reaction layers could be formed by either of two diffusion paths, one producing UWC2, while the second resulted in the formation of W2C. UWC2 acts as a diffusion barrier for carbon and slows the growth of the reaction layer with time, while carbon diffusion is relatively rapid in W2C, allowing equilibrium to be reached in less than 2500 hours at a temperature of 1800 C.
Document ID
19720050954
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Phillips, W. M.
(California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena Calif., United States)
Date Acquired
August 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1971
Subject Category
Nuclear Engineering
Meeting Information
Meeting: Annual Thermionic Conversion Specialist Conference
Location: San Diego, CA
Start Date: October 4, 1971
End Date: October 6, 1971
Accession Number
72A34620
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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