Zirconium carbonitride pellets by internal sol gel and spark plasma sintering as inert matrix fuel material
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2016

Inert matrix fuel is a fuel type where the fissile material is blended with a solid diluent material. In this work zirconium carbonitride microspheres have been produced by internal sol gel technique, followed by carbothermal reduction. Material nitride purities in the produced materials ranged from Zr(N0.45C0.55) to Zr(N0.74C0.26) as determined by X-ray diffraction and application of Vegard's law. The zirconium carbonitride microspheres have been pelletized by spark plasma sintering (SPS) and by conventional cold pressing and sintering. In all SPS experiments cohesive pellets were formed. Maximum final density reached by SPS at 1700 C was 87% theoretical density (TD) compared to 53% TD in conventional sintering at 1700 C. Pore sizes in all the produced pellets were in the mm scale and no density gradients could be observed by computer tomography.

Författare

Marcus Hedberg

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Energi och material

Marco Cologna

Gemensamma forskningscentrumet (JRC), Europeiska kommissionen

Andrea Cambriani

Gemensamma forskningscentrumet (JRC), Europeiska kommissionen

J. Somers

Gemensamma forskningscentrumet (JRC), Europeiska kommissionen

Christian Ekberg

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Energi och material

Journal of Nuclear Materials

0022-3115 (ISSN)

Vol. 479 137-144

Styrkeområden

Energi

Materialvetenskap

Ämneskategorier

Materialkemi

Kemi

DOI

10.1016/j.jnucmat.2016.06.034

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