• Title/Summary/Keyword: UO$_2$+5 wt% $CeO_2$pellets

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Sintering Properties of UO2+5wt% CeO2Compacts Using Microwave (마이크로파를 이용한 UO2+5wt% CeO2성형체의 소결특성)

  • Joung, Chang-Young;Lee, Su-Cheol;Kim, Si-Hyung;Kim, Han-Soo;Lee, Young-Woo
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.41 no.11
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    • pp.797-803
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    • 2004

  • The heat generation tests of SiC and MO$_2$ samples by use of a microwave heating system were carried out and UO$_2$+5 wt% CeO$_2$ pellets were sintered in a microwave furnace in an oxidizing atmosphere, by taking into account the characteristics of the microwave heating obtained from the heat generation tests. The characteristics of pellets sintered in a microwave furnace were analysed and compared with those of the pellets sintered in a conventional electrical furnace. The temperature of MO$_2$ pellets with microwave heating increased quickly with input power and the variation of output power depended on the reaction characteristics of SiC and MO$_2$ with microwave. The sintered density of UO$_2$+5wt% CeO$_2$ pellets sintered in the microwave furnace was lower about 2% T.D. than that of the pellets sintered in an electrical furnace with sintering parameters. The microstructure of pellets sintered in microwave furnace has a broader pore distribution but has a larger grain size than that of the pellets sintered in the electrical furnace.

  • https://doi.org/10.4191/KCERS.2004.41.11.797 인용 PDF KSCI