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Quarterly Progress Report Plutonium Metallurgy Operation October - December 1959

Dated
Feb 25, 1960
Declassified
Feb 3, 1978
Document type
Report
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(page 2.1-2.26) effect of thermal cycling in ghe alpha-phase and through the alpha-to-beta transformation on density of pu, new equipment for transformation kinetics studies. Creep & torsion testing of pu; corrosion of pu in peanut oil, mipb, dow 550 silicon fluid; use of ultrasonic inspection electron beam melting of pu. Correlation of casting variabl3es with casting defects in pu. (page 3.32-3.46) sintering rates of solid solns of puo2-uo2 vs 2 phase mixtures, time-temp dependence for homogeneous single phase formation. Melting of puo2 & puo2-uo2 solid solutions, liquidus for the system uo2-puo2. Coeff of linear thermal expansion for uo2 & puo2. (page 4.1-4.10) fabn of double al canned 98.57 w/o pu-al foils for anp. Rolling 0.009" thick pu alloy foils containing 2 a/o al, fe, cr, mn, si, zr, ni, & c. Al extrusion cladding of al-al2o3 powders. End closures to salvage coextruded elements that have hot material extending into the cut off zone. Study of glove box fires. Tapping flat bottom holes in alpha pu.

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