Effect of Explosive Impacting on Uranium
Description:
Abstract: The tensile and yield strengths of both cast and wrought uranium discs were substantially increased by explosively impacting them at room temperature and at 375 deg F. However, the room-temperature impacting caused gross damage in the cast material and slight internal damage in the wrought material at the highest impacting pressures. Impacting at 375 deg F, which is just above the brittle-ductile transition temperature for uranium, was the most effective method for increasing the stre…
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Date:
April 23, 1964
Creator:
Burditt, R. B.; Carey, W. T. & Coughlen, C. P.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department