Uranium Hydride Initiation Kinetics: Effect of Oxide Thickness; Presented to the JOWOG 28 Conference on Materials Compatibility and Aging, AWE Aldemaston January 14-19, 2002
Los Alamos, NM: Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2002. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Three Ring Binder. This is a set of 22 transparencies [vugraphs] used for the presentation. The authors were with the Los Alamos National Laboratory, MST-6: Metallurgy. Although this talk was developed and delivered in support of the referenced JOWOG 28 meeting, The cover sheet on the front of the binder indicates that this same talk was presented as Overview of Hydrogen Corrosion of Uranium by Dr. Hanrahan and others at Los Alamos along with Robert L. Bridges of Y-12 to unknown audiences. The reported work focused on the incubation period and potential causes and mechanisms. The began measuring the effect of different oxide thicknesses on the hydride nucleation kinetics. The effect of outgassing was also investigated. Information presented includes Hydriding Rate Curves, Kinetics Curve for Outgassed Rod, Typical Curve for Air Exposed Rods, and Effect on Oxide Thickness on Initiation Time. There is a comparison of Initiation Time versus Thickness. Other information is presented. The principal author, David Teter, became a Weapons Infrastructure Program Director at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Uranium hydride (UH3) is the direct product of the reaction between uranium metal and gaseous hydrogen. In the context of uranium storage, this corrosion reaction is considered deleterious, not just because the structure of the metal may become significantly degraded but also because the resulting hydride is pyrophoric and therefore potentially flammable in air if present in significant quantity. Condition: Good.
Keywords: Uranium, Hydride, JOWOG 28, Materials Compatibility, Materials Aging, Kinetics Curve, Outgassed Rods, Oxide Thickness, Air Exposed Rods, Initiation Time
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