Influence of texture and physical mixture of UO3 and C for carboreduction of UO3 into UO2

Florence Poncet; Françoise Valdivieso; Michèle Pijolat

doi:10.1016/S0022-3115(98)00061-0

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Influence of texture and physical mixture of UO₃ and C for carboreduction of UO₃ into UO₂

Florence Poncet ^{1, 2} Françoise Valdivieso ^{1, 2} Michèle Pijolat ^{2, 1}

1 SPIN-ENSMSE - Centre Sciences des Processus Industriels et Naturels

2 ProcESS-ENSMSE - Département Procédés et évolution des systèmes avec solides

Abstract : The carboreduction of UO₃ into UO₂ has been studied with an excess of carbon (C/U=3 mole ratio). The results of thermogravimetric (TG) studies, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and SEM reveal that the carboreduction depends upon the texture and the physical mixture of the precursors UO₃ and carbon. Indeed, optimal carboreduction was obtained with an improvement of UO₃ and carbon grains contacts during the reduction. The preparation of the mixture (UO₃ + 3C) has been optimised by a slight manual grinding.

Keywords : carboreduction UO₃ texture diffraction physical mixture

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Engineering Sciences [physics] / Chemical and Process Engineering

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