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Science 13 February 1970:
Vol. 167. no. 3920, pp. 979 - 980
DOI: 10.1126/science.167.3920.979
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Refractory Oxide-Metal Composites: Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-ray Diffraction of Uranium Dioxide-Tungsten

R. J. Gerdes 1, A. T. Chapman 1, and G. W. Clark 2

1 Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta 30332
2 Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831

Unidirectional solidification of a melt, consisting of uranium dioxide and 5 to 15 percent by weight of tungsten, formed well-ordered arrangements of tungsten fibers or platelets in the uranium dioxide matrix. Fiber shape and orientation relations of the components indicate the development of several dominant growth modes.


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