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High‐Pressure Hot‐Pressing of Uranium Carbide Powders and Mechanism of Sintering of Refractory Bodies
Author(s) -
CHANG R.,
RHODES C. G.
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1962.tb11174.x
Subject(s) - sintering , materials science , carbide , metallurgy , refractory (planetary science) , hot pressing , uranium , pressing , high pressure , grain boundary , composite material , microstructure , engineering physics , engineering
Forty‐mesh uranium carbide powders were hot‐pressed in the temperature range 500° to 1500° C under pressures varying from 10,000 to 46,000 atm. Microstructural investigations of the compacts revealed grain‐boundary sliding and fragmentation as important sintering mechanisms.