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Ceramic Containers for Spent Nuclear Fuel. II. Reactions Between TiO2 and the Steel Canning During Hot Isostatic Processing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

B. Bergman  and
S. Forberg
B. Bergman
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physical Metallurgy and CeramicsThe Royal Institute of Technology, S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
S. Forberg
Affiliation:
Dept. of Nuclear Chemistry, The Royal Institute of Technology, S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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Abstract

Rutile was selected for some practical studies of processing and properties of ceramic containers. Hot isostatic pressing at 1280°C has resulted in reaction zones between the TiO2 powder and the steel canning. The phases ilmenite, pseudobrookite, rutile, and iron have been identified by X-ray diffraction and by microprobe analysis.

The microstructures have been interpreted by classical metallographic methods, and some microstructures obtained by hot pressing and rapid cooling have also been examined for purposes of comparison.

Some implications of the microstructures have been discussed in terms of microcracking and slow crack growth.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 44: Symposium N – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management VIII , 1984 , 429
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1985

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