Open AccessDENSITY MEASUREMENTS IN GLOVEBOXES. WITH DENSITY DATA ON MONOBROMOBENZENE, CAST THORIUM, THORIUM-URANIUM, AND THORIUM-PLUTONIUM ALLOYS
Author(s) -
B. Blumenthal
Publication year - 1963
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/4148258
Subject(s) - thorium , plutonium , uranium , glovebox , uranium 233 , radiochemistry , isotopes of thorium , materials science , chemistry , metallurgy , nuclear physics , mox fuel , physics
By taking into consideration temperature differences between the glovebox atmosphere and the liquid, it was possible to make density measurements in gloveboxes by the hydrostatic weighing method with monobromobenzene as a liquid with an accuracy of plus or minus 0.005 g/cm/sup 3/. This is an improvement by an order of magnitude over the prior state. This accuracy allows structural changes to be detected in thorium--uranium and thorium--plutonium alloys. (auth