Special features in powder preparation, pressing, and sintering of uranium dioxide

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 679-693

  Balakrishna, Palanki ^a   Murty, B Narasimha ^a   Chakraborthy, K P ^a   Jayaraj, R N ^a   Ganguly, C ^a  

^a NUCLEAR FUEL COMPLEX   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CALCINATION; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DRYING; POWDERS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRESSING (FORMING); REDUCTION; SINTERING;

AMMONIUM DIURANATE ROUTE; PRECIPITATING REAGENT;

URANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 0034262374     PISSN: 10426914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10426910008913013     Document Type: Article

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