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Diffusion of Fission Gases Through Uranium Oxide and Uranium Carbide (open access)

Diffusion of Fission Gases Through Uranium Oxide and Uranium Carbide

A program has begun embodying a study of the diffusion rates of krypton and xenon into unirradiated UO2 and UC at temperatures between 1000°C and 2500°C.The experimental technique is described in some detail, involving exposure of UO2 and UC samples to a Kr85 atmosphere at various temperatures, removal of surface-adsorbed krypton, dissolution of the sample, collection and ion chamber measurement of the diffused Kr, and calculation of diffusion coefficients from these data.
Date: August 11, 1960
Creator: Weinstock, J. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library