THE POWDER COMPACTING OF URANIUM CONPOUNDS. A Review of Progress to December 15, 1952

The cold pressing and sintering characteristics of uranium tetrafluoride have been investigated. Sintering has been carried out in varioas atmospheres and for varying temperatures and times. Denaities of compacts ranging from 3.8 to 6.2 gm/cc have been produced in an argon atmosphere. Results obtained with uranium dioxide have confirmed the figures reported previoasly by other workers. (auth)