Beryllium Oxide. Los Alamos Technical Series, Metallurgy, Volume 10. Chapter 3.

Abstract

The first production job undertaken by the Metallurgy Groups at Los Alamos was that of the specially-shaped high-density beryllium oxide bricks needed for the Water Boiler. Hot-pressing of BeO powder was found to be the most satisfactory method of obtaining intricately-shaped bricks of suitable density. This was accomplished by charging the powder into a graphite die, or mold, of suitable shape fitted with a punch, or plunger, of graphite. The die and contents were heated to about 1700 deg C by means of an induction coil connected to a high-frequency converter. During the heating period a pressure of 1000 psi was applied to the plunger, thus consolidating the semiplastic BeO powder into a dense coherent mass of the shape of the die.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 31, 1945
Accession Number
ADA316273

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  • Cyril S. Smith

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  • Los Alamos National Laboratory

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  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Beryllium
  • Classified Materials
  • Fatty Acids
  • Frequency Converters
  • Graphitic Materials
  • High Density
  • Hot Pressing
  • Low Temperature
  • Materials
  • Metallurgy
  • Motor Generators
  • New Mexico
  • Particle Size
  • Production
  • Shape
  • Sintering
  • United States

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