Microwave sintering of 8 mol% yttria-zirconia (8YZ): An inert matrix material for nuclear fuel applications

Journal of Nuclear Materials

Volumn 384, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-157

  Thridandapani, R R ^a   Folgar, C E ^a   Folz, D C ^a   Clark, D E ^a   Wheeler, K ^b   Peralta, P ^b  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; MICROWAVE HEATING; MICROWAVES; NUCLEAR FUELS; PELLETIZING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; ZIRCONIA;

BULK DENSITY (BD); MATRIX MATERIALS; MICROWAVE (MW) PROCESSING; MICROWAVE SINTERING; PROCESSING ROUTES; PROCESSING TIME; SOAK TIME; STRENGTH VALUES;

SINTERING;

EID: 58649092172     PISSN: 00223115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2008.11.010     Document Type: Article

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