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Cameco UO3 Materials Analysis [electronic resource].

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Los Alamos, N.M. : Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2012.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
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Los Alamos National Laboratory and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Uranium trioxide (UO₃) was characterized using a variety of techniques to better understand its physical properties. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) images were collected to examine particle morphology, which consisted of semi-spherical particles that tended to agglomerate before sonication. Particle size analysis revealed a singular mode distribution with a mean particle size of 43.0 {micro}m. After sonication a bimodal distribution was produced with peak particle sizes at 0.226 {micro}m and 9.43 {micro}m. The O/U ratio was measured to be 3.09 by Cameco in 2009, by gravimetric analysis. X-ray diffraction (XRD) showed that the sample was mostly γ-UO₃ (87.1%) with a small amount of UO₃ · 0.80 H₂O (12.9%). Bulk and tap densities were determined to be 3.678 ± 0.2 and 4.81 ± 0.2 g/cm³, respectively (crystalline density is 7.3 g/cm³). The stoichiometry was measured to be 2.99 in 2012.
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E 1.99:la-ur-12-22920
la-ur-12-22920
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07/12/2012.
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Scott, Brian L.; Wagner, Gregory L.; Wilkerson, Marianne P.; Papin, Pallas A.; Fredenburg, David A.; Hill, Mary Ann; Nolen, Blake Penfield; Wermer, Joseph R.; Guidry, Dennis Ray.
Funding Information:
AC52-06NA25396
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