S. T. Zegler
Published: 1962
Total Pages: 54
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The uranium-rich end of the uranium-zirconium alloy system was reinvestigated. The solubilities of zirconium in alpha and beta uranium were found to be 0.21 wt% at 662 deg C and 0.41 wt% at 693 deg C, respectively. The monotectoid decomposition of gamma1 at 693 deg C and the eutectoid decomposition of Beta at 662 deg C were confirmed. For alloys containing less than 150 ppm of oxygen by weight, the gamma1plus gamma2 phase region boundaries were located at 4.5 and 22.0 wt% zirconium at the monotectoid temperature. Data are given which indicate that oxygen concentrations ranging from 160 to 355 ppm by weight have a marked effect on phase relations in the area of the gamma1plus gamma2 phase region.