Phase stability and phase transformations in plutonium and plutonium-gallium alloys |
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Authors: | Jeremy N Mitchell Daniel S Schwartz Marius Stan Carl J Boehlert |
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Affiliation: | (1) Nuclear Materials Technology Division, the Los Alamos National Laboratory, 87545 Los Alamos, NM;(2) Materials Science and Technology Division, the Los Alamos National Laboratory, 87545 Los Alamos, NM;(3) Department of Ceramic Engineering and Materials Science, Alfred University, 14802 Alfred, NY |
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Abstract: | The complexity of phase stability and transformations in plutonium alloys is reflected in the plutonium-gallium (Pu-Ga) phase
diagram, which is perhaps the most complex of all binary systems. Although many investigations have explored phase equilibria,
transformation systematics, and structure/property relations in the Pu-Ga system, many outstanding problems remain and new
issues regularly appear. In this article, we describe recent dilatometry and calorimetry measurements on pure plutonium and
plutonium-gallium alloys. We also present recent phase diagram modeling that attempts to unravel differences between the U.S.
and Russian Pu-Ga phase diagrams. The ultimate goal of this work is to produce the first internally consistent database of
thermophysical properties of this system so that a true equilibrium phase diagram can be produced and so that stability can
be predicted over a range of conditions.
This article is based on a presentation in the symposium “Terence E. Mitchell Symposium on the Magic of Materials: Structures
and Properties” from the TMS Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA in March 2003. |
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