Thermal conductivity of rare earth-uranium ternary oxides of the type RE6UO12

Krishnaiah, M. V. ; Seenivasan, G. ; Srirama Murti, P. ; Mathews, C. K. (2002) Thermal conductivity of rare earth-uranium ternary oxides of the type RE6UO12 Journal of Nuclear Materials, 306 (1). pp. 10-14. ISSN 0022-3115

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Abstract

The knowledge of thermophysical properties of the rare earth uranium ternary oxides of the type RE6UO12 (RE=La, Gd and Dy) is essential to understand the fuel performance during reactor operation and for modeling fuel behavior. Literature on the high temperature properties of this compound is not available and there is no report at all on the thermal conductivity of these compounds. Hence a study of thermal conductivity of this compound has been taken up. The compounds were synthesized by a solution combustion method using metal nitrates and urea. Thermal diffusivity of these compounds was measured by the laser flash method in the temperature range 673-1373 K. The specific heat data was computed using Neumann-Kopp's law. Thermal conductivity was calculated using the measured thermal diffusivity value, density and specific heat data for different temperatures. The temperature dependence of thermal conductivity and the implication of structural aspects of these compounds on the data are discussed here.

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