Experimental study of uranium carbide pyrophoricity

Powder Technology

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 312-317

  Berthinier, C ^a   Coullomb, S ^a   Rado, C ^a   Blanquet, E ^b   Boichot, R ^b   Chatillon, C ^b  

^a DIF   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Powder ignition; Pyrophoricity; UC

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FINE POWDERS; GAS COMPOSITIONS; GAS MASS SPECTROMETERS; HEATING RAMPS; INFLAMMATION TEMPERATURE; MARCOULE; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PARTIAL PRESSURE OF OXYGEN; POWDER OXIDATION; PYROPHORICITY; SPECIFIC SURFACE; TEMPERATURE RANGE; UC;

COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; FAST REACTORS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXYGEN; PATHOLOGY; PLUTONIUM; POWDERS; SAFE HANDLING; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; URANIUM;

URANIUM CARBIDE;

UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM; URANIUM CARBIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MATERIALS TESTING; OXIDATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POWDER; PYROPHORICITY; SPECTROMETER; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

EID: 79952452801     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2010.08.022     Document Type: Article

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