Transactions of the INDIAN CERAMIC SOCIETY Vol. 34 1975
Reaction Sintering of Uranium Monocarbide
B. D. ZoPE & V. K. MOORTHY
Pages : 51-59
DOI : 10.1080/0371750X.1975.10840606
Abstract
High density (95% theoretical) single-phase uranium monocarbide has been
fabricated by warm pressing a mixture of suitably sized dicarbide and uranium metal
powders at 800°C at 675 kgfcm2for 5 minutes and by subsequent sintering at 600°-l000°C.
The high density and the single phase structure could be retained upto 1800°C,
though some grain growth occurs during this treatment (from 15 to 50 microns). The
relatively low temperature reaction sintering technique enables production of high
density pellets with controlled microstructure, free from other phases.
