Solidus and liquidus of plutonium and uranium mixed oxide

Masato Kato; Kyoichi Morimoto; Hiromasa Sugata; Kenji Konashi; Motoaki Kashimura; Tomoyuki Abe

doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2007.01.183

Solidus and liquidus of plutonium and uranium mixed oxide

Masato Kato, Kyoichi Morimoto, Hiromasa Sugata, Kenji Konashi, Motoaki Kashimura, Tomoyuki Abe

International Research Center for Nuclear Materials Science

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Abstract

Solidus and liquidus of mixed oxides of plutonium and uranium were measured as a function of Pu-content and oxygen-to-metal ratio using the thermal arrest technique. The solidus and the liquidus were observed to decrease with increasing Pu-content and to slightly increase with decreasing oxygen-to-metal ratio in the region of hypo-stoichiometric composition. The solidus of UO_2.00, (Pu_0.12U_0.88)O_2.00 and (Pu_0.2U_0.8)O_2.00 were determined as 3128, 3077 and 3052 K, respectively. The solidus and the liquidus of the mixed oxides with 29 and 40 at% Pu were also measured. It was observed that a reaction with the tungsten capsule occurred during the measurement. Therefore, the solidus and the liquidus of the oxides with 29 and 40 at% Pu could not be obtained.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	48-53
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Volume	452
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2007.01.183
Publication status	Published - 2008 Mar 6

Keywords

Actinide alloys and compounds
Nuclear materials
Oxide materials
Phase diagrams
Thermal analysis

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Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering
Metals and Alloys
Materials Chemistry

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