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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8163112 | Method of fabricating a uranium-bearing foil Methods of fabricating a uranium-bearing foil are described. The foil may be substantially pure uranium, or may be a uranium alloy such as a uranium-molybdenum alloy. The method typically includes a series of hot rolling operations on a cast plate material to form a... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7100670 | Method for fabricating uranium foils and uranium alloy foils A method of producing thin foils of uranium or an alloy. The uranium or alloy is cast as a plate or sheet having a thickness less than about 5 mm and thereafter cold rolled in one or more passes at substantially ambient temperatures until the uranium or alloy thereo... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6726876 | Stakalloy: a uranium-vanadium-niobium alloy A ternary alloy of uranium, referred to as stakalloy, having improved machinability is formed of niobium, vanadium and uranium. The ternary alloy is formed with the percent by weight of vanadium being between the gamma eutectoid (1.0 percent by weight vanadium) and ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 5972129 | Process for smelting a titanium steel and steel obtained Process for smelting a titanium steel according to which a liquid steel containing more than 0.003% of nitrogen and not containing titanium is smelted and then more than 0.005% of titanium is introduced into the liquid steel by progressive diffusion from ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5963777 | Hypereutectoid and hypoeutectic binary uranium-vanadium alloys Binary alloys of uranium and vanadium having high hardness and strength prepared by selectively adjusting both the composition of the alloy and the solutionization temperature between the gamma-eutectoid and the eutectic points.... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5087301 | Alloys for high temperature applications This invention relates to a metal alloy, comprised of two elements, a solute and a solvent, the solute having a maximum equilibrium solid solubility (at one atmosphere pressure) of less than 1 wt. -% in the solvent, the solvent and the solute dissolved th... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5006306 | Process for alloying uranium and niobium Alloys such as U-6Nb are prepared by forming a stacked sandwich array of uraniun sheets and niobium powder disposed in layers between the sheets, heating the array in a vacuum induction melting furnace to a temperature such as to melt the uranium, holding... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4816088 | Method of raising the recrystallization temperature of aluminium and of its alloys The invention relates to a method for the deformational transformation of aluminum and its alloys comprising the steps of deforming the aluminum in the solid state and annealing the deformed aluminum at a temperature at which recrystallization occurs. The... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4764228 | Method for preparing hydride configurations and reactive metal surfaces A method for preparing highly hydrogen-reactive surfaces on metals which normally require substantial heating, high pressures, or an extended induction period, which involves pretreatment of said surfaces with either a non-oxidizing acid or hydrogen gas t... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4701225 | Process for the heat treatment of a uranium alloy member The present invention relates to a process for the heat treatment of uranium alloy members. This process comprises at least one γ-phase homogenization stage, followed by an induction heating stage and a hardening stage. The use of induction heating makes... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4604148 | Method of increasing the phase stability and the compressive yield strength of uranium-1 to 3 wt. % zirconium alloy A uranium-1 to 3 wt. % zirconium alloy characterized by high strength, high ductility and stable microstructure is fabricated by an improved thermal mechanical process. A homogenous ingot of the alloy which has been reduced in thickness of at least 50% in... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4493737 | Method for fabricating uranium alloy articles without shape memory effects Uranium-rich niobium and niobium-zirconium alloys possess a characteristic known as shape memory effect wherein shaped articles of these alloys recover their original shape when heated. The present invention circumvents this memory behavior by forming the... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4361447 | Extrusion-formed uranium-2.4 wt. % article with decreased linear thermal expansion and method for making the same The present invention is directed to the fabrication of an article of uranium-2.4 wt. % niobium alloy in which the linear thermal expansion in the direction transverse to the extrusion direction is less than about 0.98% between 22° C. and 600° C. which ... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4300946 | Granulating and activating metal to form metal hydride A metal material, which is capable of reacting with hydrogen to form a metal hydride, is simultaneously granulated and conditioned with hydrogen to activate the metal material to a state in which it is capable of readily reacting with and absorbing hydrog... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4248836 | Recovery of nuclear fuel material Irradiated nuclear fuel is separated from the protective metal sheath in which it is enclosed by treating the sheath with an embrittling agent which effects embrittlement of the sheath, breaking up the sheath and separating the nuclear fuel material from ... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4023992 | Uranium-base alloys Uranium-base alloys suitable as nuclear fuel containing about 3.2 to 3.7 wt.% Si, from about 0.8 up to about 3 wt.% Al and the balance U except that when the Al content is not more than 1.5% the Si content is less than 3.5%. The major phase is delta U | 05/17/1977 |
| 3997466 | Metallic foil coated with scandium tritide for use as a beta particle source in an ionization detector at high temperatures and method of manufacture A metallic foil coated with scandium tritide is treated so as to manifest a legally acceptable tritium emanation rate at temperatures above 225° C, thereby becoming usable as a beta particle emitter is ionization detectors such as electron capture detect... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3985551 | Process for removing carbon from uranium Carbon contamination is removed from uranium and uranium alloys by heating in inert atmosphere to 700°-1900°C in effective contact with yttrium to cause carbon in the uranium to react with the yttrium. The yttrium is either in direct contact with the co... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3969160 | High-strength ductile uranium alloy A novel alloy composition consisting essentially of 0.7 to 0.8 weight percent titanium and 0.2 to 0.3 weight percent vanadium with the balance being uranium.... | 07/13/1976 |
| 3960647 | Method of growing single crystals In a method of growing of single crystals which are practically free from misorientation, namely single crystals of metals which exhibit an allotropic change of state at a temperature below their melting points, single crystals of the raw metal which has ... | 06/01/1976 |
