Constitutional studies on carbide nuclear fuels for fast breeder reactors: III. The uranium-barium-carbon ternary system at 1400°C, with observations on the uranium-strontium-carbon system

Abstract

The ternary system U-Ba-C has been examined at 1400°C and the solid-state compatibility lines established. No compound formation was found to occur and solubility effects were found to be minimal. A tentative examination of compositions in the U-Sr-C system indicates that it is of a similar form to that of the U-Ba-C system.