The Characterization of Grade PCEA Recycle Graphite Pilot Scale Billets

Burchell, Timothy D¹  Pappano, Peter J¹ 

[1]ORNL

关键词: BULK DENSITY;    ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;    GRAPHITE;    PHYSICAL PROPERTIES;    THERMAL EXPANSION;    YOUNG MODULUS;    ELASTICITY;    REACTOR MATERIALS Graphite;    Chaaccterization;    Recycle;   

DOI  :  10.2172/991681
RP-ID  :  ORNL/TM-2010/169
PID  :  OSTI ID: 991681
Others  :  Other: AF3670500
Others  :  NEAF278
Others  :  TRN: US1007608

学科分类：材料科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

Here we report the physical properties of a series specimens machined from pilot scale (~ 152 mm diameter x ~305 mm length) grade PCEA recycle billets manufactured by GrafTech. The pilot scale billets were processed with increasing amounts of (unirradiated) graphite (from 20% to 100%) introduced to the formulation with the goal of determining if large fractions of recycle graphite have a deleterious effect on properties. The properties determined include Bulk Density, Electrical Resistivity, Elastic (Young s) Modulus, and Coefficient of Thermal Expansion. Although property variations were observed to be correlated with the recycle fraction, the magnitude of the variations was noted to be small.