Published 2006 | Version v1
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Role of inclusions in modification of microstructure in U-2wt%Zr system

  • 1. Radiometallurgy Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai (India)
  • 2. Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai (India)
  • 3. Atomic Fuels Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai (India)
  • 4. Nuclear Fuels Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai (India)

Description

Low alloyed uranium is a potential candidate fuel for research reactors. Moreover, U-Zr system is the important precursor system so far as use of U-Pu-Zr based metallic fuel for fast reactor is concerned. Chemical analysis of U-2wt%Zr samples shows presence of Al and Si, which are supposed to be the main impurities along with oxygen to form the inclusions. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) along with, Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) show that the excess amount of Zr, beyond solubility limit, preferentially goes to the inclusion sites to form some complex intermetallic compounds whose structure is yet to be found out

Part of:
Proceedings of the international conference on advances in nuclear materials processing, performance and phenomena and satellite conference on materials behaviour- far from equilibrium: book of abstracts. V.1

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Publishing Information

Publisher
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
Imprint Place
Mumbai (India)
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the international conference on advances in nuclear materials processing, performance and phenomena and satellite conference on materials behaviour- far from equilibrium: book of abstracts. V.1
Imprint Pagination
179 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 103

Conference

Title
international conference on advances in nuclear materials processing, performance and phenomena; MBFE 2006: satellite conference on materials behaviour- far from equilibrium
Acronym
ANM 2006
Dates
12-16 Dec 2006
Place
Mumbai (India)

INIS

Country of Publication
India
Country of Input or Organization
India
INIS RN
50063980
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; ALLOYS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS

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This record replaces 50063200