[article]
Titre : |
Reassessing the melting temperature of PuO2 |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
Franck de Bruycker, Auteur ; Konstantinos Boboridis, Auteur ; Dario Manara, Auteur |
Année de publication : |
2011 |
Article en page(s) : |
pp. 52-55 |
Note générale : |
Ingénierie |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Mots-clés : |
Melting temperature Nuclear power plants Thermo-mechanical stability fuel element |
Index. décimale : |
620 Essais des matériaux. Matériaux commerciaux. Station génératrice d'énergie. Economie de l'énergie |
Résumé : |
The melting behavior is a fundamental property of a material, closely related to its structure and thermodynamic stability, and has therefore been a crucial subject of research for ages. The melting point is also an important engineering parameter, as it defines the operational limits of a material in its application environment. This point becomes critical in nuclear engineering where the thermo-mechanical stability of a nuclear fuel element is a key factor determining fuel performance and safety. However, experimental difficulties stemming from the extreme temperatures, complex pressure-temperature-composition relations, and the high radioactivity make the study of melting of refractory actinide compounds particularly challenging. As a consequence, experimental data are rare and subject to large uncertainties, and more reliable experimental techniques are badly needed. A novel experimental approach is presented here, yielding new data and allowing a re-assessment of the PuO2 melting behaviour.
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DEWEY : |
620 |
ISSN : |
1369-7021 |
En ligne : |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369702110702042 |
in Materials today > Vol. 13 N° 11 (Novembre 2010) . - pp. 52-55
[article] Reassessing the melting temperature of PuO2 [texte imprimé] / Franck de Bruycker, Auteur ; Konstantinos Boboridis, Auteur ; Dario Manara, Auteur . - 2011 . - pp. 52-55. Ingénierie Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Materials today > Vol. 13 N° 11 (Novembre 2010) . - pp. 52-55
Mots-clés : |
Melting temperature Nuclear power plants Thermo-mechanical stability fuel element |
Index. décimale : |
620 Essais des matériaux. Matériaux commerciaux. Station génératrice d'énergie. Economie de l'énergie |
Résumé : |
The melting behavior is a fundamental property of a material, closely related to its structure and thermodynamic stability, and has therefore been a crucial subject of research for ages. The melting point is also an important engineering parameter, as it defines the operational limits of a material in its application environment. This point becomes critical in nuclear engineering where the thermo-mechanical stability of a nuclear fuel element is a key factor determining fuel performance and safety. However, experimental difficulties stemming from the extreme temperatures, complex pressure-temperature-composition relations, and the high radioactivity make the study of melting of refractory actinide compounds particularly challenging. As a consequence, experimental data are rare and subject to large uncertainties, and more reliable experimental techniques are badly needed. A novel experimental approach is presented here, yielding new data and allowing a re-assessment of the PuO2 melting behaviour.
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DEWEY : |
620 |
ISSN : |
1369-7021 |
En ligne : |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369702110702042 |
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