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A Comparative Study of Two Grades of BeO

Description: Pechiney and Brush UOX BeO differ markedly in fabrication behaviour, only Brush UOX being readily sinterable. A comparative study of the two powders has shown few outstanding differences in powder properties. Both are of high purity but contain free and combined moisture to the extent of about 1.5 per cent. Pechiney BeO has a larger mean crystallite size (0.2 — 0.3μ) than Brush UOX (0.1 — 0.15μ) and a larger range of crystallite size, and both contain a small proportion of crystallites of size … more
Date: November 1961
Creator: Reeve, Keith Desmond, 1928- & Ramm, E. J.
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Study of the Variables Affecting the Corrosion of Beryllium in Carbon Dioxide

Description: Beryllium is a favoured canning and/or moderating material in the proposed Australian High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor. With carbon dioxide as the most likely coolant a detailed knowledge of the corrosion of beryllium in this gas is required. Two separate investigations have proceeded simultaneously. First the effect of the following variables was studied; surface preparation of the specimen, temperature (100—725ºC), pressure (0—280 p.s.i.g.), velocity, and impurity content of the gas. The i… more
Date: December 1961
Creator: Draycott, A.; Nicholson, F. D.; Price, G. H. & Stuart, W. I.
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Determination of the Stability Constants of Salicylato-Beryllium Complexes by a Distribution Method

Description: An investigation of the solvent extraction behavior of salicylato- beryllium complexes is reported. A simplified method for calculating the stability constants has been developed. The values obtained are beta /sub 1/ = 4.0 x 10/sup 12/ and beta /sub 2/ = 4 3 x 10/sup 22/ in 0.15 M sodium perchlorate. (auth)
Date: November 1, 1961
Creator: Szego, L. E.
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Extraction of Beryllium by Triisooctylamine : the Effect of the Anionic Complexing Agent

Description: The extraction of beryllium by triisooctylamine is measured over the pH range from 1 to 10, in the presence of malonic, maleic, succinic, phthalic, and salicylic acids. Values are obtained for the stability constants of the various metal-acid complexes by potentiometric titration. The degree of extraction is dependent on the abundance of the anionic complex present in the aqueous phase and this is in turn dependent on the strength of the corresponding acid and the stability of the complex. (aut… more
Date: September 1, 1961
Creator: De Bruin, H. J.; Kairaitis, D. & Temple, R. B.
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Slowing-Down Spectra of Neutrons in Heavy Water and Light Water Mixtures

Description: The slowing down spectra of neutrons were obtained for heavy water, light water, and mixtures of heavy water and light water. It was assumed that fission neutrons are produced uniformly throughout an infinite moderator and the only process considered was elastic scattering, spherically symmetric in the center-of-mass system. The (n,2n) reaction with the deuterium nucleus and absorption were assumed negligible. The average transfer cross section, fast diffusion coefficient, the slowing down area… more
Date: October 1, 1961
Creator: Duncan, M. Elaine; Hines, K. C. (Kenneth Charles), 1926-2005 & Pollard, J. P. (John Percival)
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Fuel Element Transient Temperature Studies

Description: A method is presented for the analysis of transient temperatures in a homogeneous circular cylindrical fuel element in a coolant channel with no axial conduction and no heat loss to the channel wall. In addition, some results were obtained for mean fuel element temperatures in power transients for a simpler model, but accounting for details of the axial coolant temperature distribution in the unsteady state. (auth).
Date: November 1, 1961
Creator: Thompson, J. J.
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