Grain boundary engineering to control the discontinuous precipitation in multicomponent U10Mo alloy

A Devaraj, L Kovarik, E Kautz, B Arey, S Jana… - Acta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
We demonstrate here that locally stabilized structure and compositional segregation at grain
boundaries in a complex multicomponent alloy can be modified using high temperature …

Kinetics of cellular transformation and competing precipitation mechanisms during sub-eutectoid annealing of U10Mo alloys

S Jana, A Devaraj, L Kovarik, B Arey, L Sweet… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Transformation kinetics of metastable body-centered cubic γ-UMo phase in U-10 wt.% Mo
alloy during annealing at sub-eutectoid temperatures of 500° C and 400° C has been …

Effect of second phase particles and stringers on microstructures after rolling and recrystallization

G Cheng, X Hu, WE Frazier, CA Lavender… - Materials Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Second phase particles and particle stringers have strong influences on recrystallized grain
structure and alloy performances. In this work, the effects of second phase particles on grain …

Phase transformation kinetics in rolled U-10áwt.% Mo foil: Effect of post-rolling heat treatment and prior γ-UMo grain size

S Jana, N Overman, T Varga, C Lavender… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2017 - Elsevier
The effect of sub-eutectoid heat treatment on the phase transformation behavior in rolled U-
10áwt.% Mo (U10Mo) foils was systematically investigated. The as-cast 5ámm thick foils …

Effects of casting parameters and impurity concentrations on as-cast U–10Mo

Z Huber, KM McCoy, M Athon, I Schwerdt… - Progress in Nuclear …, 2021 - Elsevier
This work investigates the effects of casting parameter changes on as-cast uranium-10 wt%
molybdenum (U–10Mo) alloys on a 1–2 kg scale. A commercial tilt-pour vacuum induction …

The effect of thermomechanical processing on second phase particle redistribution in U-10 wt% Mo

X Hu, X Wang, VV Joshi, CA Lavender - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
The multi-pass hot-rolling process of an annealed uranium–10 wt% molybdenum (U10Mo)
coupon was studied by plane-strain compression finite element modeling. As-cast U10Mo …

Modeling the homogenization kinetics of as-cast U-10wt% Mo alloys

Z Xu, V Joshi, S Hu, D Paxton, C Lavender… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Low-enriched U-22at% Mo (U–10Mo) alloy has been considered as an alternative
material to replace the highly enriched fuels in research reactors. For the U–10Mo to work …

Minimizing thickness variation in monolithic U-10Mo fuel foil and Zr interlayer during hot rolling: A microstructure-based finite element method analysis

L Li, A Fortier, D Ramirez-Tamayo, VV Joshi… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
Low-enriched uranium alloyed with 10 wt.% molybdenum (U-10Mo) has been identified as a
promising alternative to highly enriched uranium fuel for the United States' high performance …

The effect of homogenization heat treatment on the texture evolution in U-10Mo alloy

BJ Schuessler, DP Field, NR Overman… - … Materials Transactions A, 2021 - Springer
Uranium alloyed with 10 wt pct Mo (U-10Mo) undergoes discontinuous precipitation (DP)
when subjected to sub-eutectoid heat treatment. It is hypothesized that the crystallographic …

Impurity precipitation in atomized particles evidenced by nano x-ray diffraction computed tomography

A Bonnin, JP Wright, R Tucoulou… - Applied Physics …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Performances and physical properties of high technology materials are influenced or even
determined by their initial microstructure and by the behavior of impurity phases …