Ceramic-ceramic composites and process therefor, nuclear fuels formed thereby, and nuclear reactor systems and processes operated therewith Patent uri icon

abstract

  • A process of producing ceramic-ceramic composites, including but not limited to nuclear fuels, and composites capable of exhibiting increased thermal conductivities. The process includes milling a first ceramic material to produce a powder of spheroidized particles of the first ceramic material, and then co-milling particles of a second ceramic material with the spheroidized particles of the first ceramic material to cause the particles of the second ceramic material to form a coating on the spheroidized particles of the first material. The spheroidized particles coated with the particles of the second ceramic material are then compacted and sintered to form the ceramic-ceramic composite, in which the second ceramic material forms a continuous phase completely surrounding the spheroidized particles of the first ceramic material.

author list (cited authors)

  • Solomon, A., Kuchibhotla, H., Revankar, S., Mcdeavitt, S., & Ragusa, J.

complete list of authors

  • Solomon, Alvin||Kuchibhotla, Huthavahana||Revankar, Shripad||Mcdeavitt, Sean||Ragusa, Jean

publication date

  • October 2016