Photothermal microscopy applied to the characterization of UO 2-Gd2O3 nuclear fuel pellets

The photothermal photodeflection technique is shown to provide information on the homogeneity of fuel pellets, pore distribution, clustering detection of pure urania and gadolinea and to provide a two-dimensional mapping of the thermal diffusivity correlated to the composition of the interdiffused G...

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Autores principales: Martínez, O., Zaldivar, F., Mingolo, N., Kempf, R.
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spelling todo:paper_02729172_v1492_n_p47_Martinez2023-10-03T15:15:25Z Photothermal microscopy applied to the characterization of UO 2-Gd2O3 nuclear fuel pellets Martínez, O. Zaldivar, F. Mingolo, N. Kempf, R. Direct measures Microscopic levels Photodeflection technique Photothermal microscopy Pore distribution Quantitative measures Two dimensional mapping Uranium oxides Nuclear fuel pellets Statistical methods Graphic methods The photothermal photodeflection technique is shown to provide information on the homogeneity of fuel pellets, pore distribution, clustering detection of pure urania and gadolinea and to provide a two-dimensional mapping of the thermal diffusivity correlated to the composition of the interdiffused Gadolinium and Uranium oxide. Histograms of the thermal diffusivity distribution become a reliable quantitative way of quantifying the degree of homogeneity and the width of the histogram can be used as a direct measure of the homogeneity. These quantitative measures of the homogeneity of the samples at microscopic levels provides a protocol that can be used as a reliable specification and quality control method for nuclear fuels, substituting with a single test a battery of expensive, time consuming and operator dependent techniques. © 2013 Materials Research Society. Fil:Mingolo, N. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. CONF info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_02729172_v1492_n_p47_Martinez
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topic Direct measures
Microscopic levels
Photodeflection technique
Photothermal microscopy
Pore distribution
Quantitative measures
Two dimensional mapping
Uranium oxides
Nuclear fuel pellets
Statistical methods
Graphic methods
spellingShingle Direct measures
Microscopic levels
Photodeflection technique
Photothermal microscopy
Pore distribution
Quantitative measures
Two dimensional mapping
Uranium oxides
Nuclear fuel pellets
Statistical methods
Graphic methods
Martínez, O.
Zaldivar, F.
Mingolo, N.
Kempf, R.
Photothermal microscopy applied to the characterization of UO 2-Gd2O3 nuclear fuel pellets
topic_facet Direct measures
Microscopic levels
Photodeflection technique
Photothermal microscopy
Pore distribution
Quantitative measures
Two dimensional mapping
Uranium oxides
Nuclear fuel pellets
Statistical methods
Graphic methods
description The photothermal photodeflection technique is shown to provide information on the homogeneity of fuel pellets, pore distribution, clustering detection of pure urania and gadolinea and to provide a two-dimensional mapping of the thermal diffusivity correlated to the composition of the interdiffused Gadolinium and Uranium oxide. Histograms of the thermal diffusivity distribution become a reliable quantitative way of quantifying the degree of homogeneity and the width of the histogram can be used as a direct measure of the homogeneity. These quantitative measures of the homogeneity of the samples at microscopic levels provides a protocol that can be used as a reliable specification and quality control method for nuclear fuels, substituting with a single test a battery of expensive, time consuming and operator dependent techniques. © 2013 Materials Research Society.
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author Martínez, O.
Zaldivar, F.
Mingolo, N.
Kempf, R.
author_facet Martínez, O.
Zaldivar, F.
Mingolo, N.
Kempf, R.
author_sort Martínez, O.
title Photothermal microscopy applied to the characterization of UO 2-Gd2O3 nuclear fuel pellets
title_short Photothermal microscopy applied to the characterization of UO 2-Gd2O3 nuclear fuel pellets
title_full Photothermal microscopy applied to the characterization of UO 2-Gd2O3 nuclear fuel pellets
title_fullStr Photothermal microscopy applied to the characterization of UO 2-Gd2O3 nuclear fuel pellets
title_full_unstemmed Photothermal microscopy applied to the characterization of UO 2-Gd2O3 nuclear fuel pellets
title_sort photothermal microscopy applied to the characterization of uo 2-gd2o3 nuclear fuel pellets
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_02729172_v1492_n_p47_Martinez
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