FUNDAMENTALS OF DIFFUSIONAL BONDING-IV Fourth Annual Progress [for] July 1, 1958 through June 30, 1959

摘要

The investigation of interdiffusion in the aluminum-uranium system and of the effects of applied pressure thereon have been substantially completed. The kinetics of growth of the UAl3 phase have been determined in the temperature range 400° to 600°C and at pressures of 1-l/4,5 and 10 tsi. The origin of the macroscopic defects occurring in the UA13 layer during interdiffusion has been clarified. The solubility range of UAl3 has been determined by a nuclear track emulsion technique to be about 2.6 a/o uranium.