Published date: May 06 2018

Journal Title: KnE Materials Science

Issue title: 15th International School-Conference "New Materials – Materials of Innovative Energy" (MIE)

Pages: 471–479

DOI: 10.18502/kms.v4i1.2200

D P Shornikovd.p.shornikov@mail.ru

A V Tenishev

S N Nikitin

B A Tarasov

S V Starikov

A S Efimenko

I S Timoshin

M E Matvenov

The paper presents dilatometric research of uranium dioxide pellets, fabricated by compaction at different pressure values. Temperature observed at sintering start is determined and it is pointed out that this temperature doesn’t depend on compaction pressure.

Keywords: uranium dioxide, compaction, sintering, dilatometry, shrink curves, geometric density, pycnometric density.

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