High-temperature studies of UO2 and ThO2 using neutron scattering techniques
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions 2: Molecular and Chemical Physics
- Vol. 83 (7) , 1083-1103
- https://doi.org/10.1039/f29878301083
Abstract
A review of the results of recent neutron diffraction, coherent diffuse and inelastic scattering experiments on UO2 and ThO2 at temperatures between 293 K and 2930 K is given. These provide direct evidence for thermally induced Frenkel oxygen lattice disorder at temperatures > 2000 K and give data on the lattice expansion, ionic potentials and elastic stiffness constants to 2930 K for the first time. The results are important for an understanding of the thermophysical behaviour of UO2 and contribute to the data base of thermodynamic properties of UO2.Keywords
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