A Hot-Hardness Survey of the Zirconium-Uranium System,

Abstract

A complete hardness survey of the zirconium-uranium system has been made at temperatures from room temperature to 900 C. The composition of maximum hardness increases from 40 at. % zirconium at room temperature to 60 at. % zirconium at 600 C. At 700 C, the hardness data indicated the presence of the beta uranium phase in alloys containing 95 and 100 at. % uranium. This phase was found to be unusually hard. At 900 dec C, maximum hardness of the gamma zirconium-uranium solid solution was found to occur at about 50 at. %.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 28, 1953
Accession Number
ADA318155

Entities

People

  • A. D. Schwope
  • G. T. Muehlenkamp
  • W. Chubb

Organizations

  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alloys
  • Chemical Compounds
  • Classified Materials
  • Diagrams
  • Hardness
  • Low Temperature
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Phase
  • Phase Diagrams
  • Solid Solutions
  • Stainless Steel
  • Steel
  • United States
  • Uranium
  • Uranium Alloys

Fields of Study

  • Materials science
  • Physics

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