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The Lindsay Chemical Co. supplied the following
analysis of the Code 920 rare-earth oxides used in
the fabrication of the compacts:
Samarium oxide 45.0-49.5%
Gadolinium oxide 22 S-2 7%
Neodymium oxide 0.9-4.5%
Praseodymium oxide 0.9-3.6%
Cerium oxide 0-0.9%
PERIOD ENDING JUNE 10, 1956
. of each compact was ground to the required
dimension, and the ends, as well as being ground
Europium oxide
Other rare-sarth oxides
0.9-1 -2%
8.1-14.8%
to the required length, were made flat and parallel.
The ground pieces are shown in Fig. 3.6.2.
Total rare-earth oxides 90% (minimum)
PETROGRAPHIC EXAMINATIONS OF
FLUORIDE FUELS
G. D. White T. N. McVay, Consultant
Examinations of fluoride fuel samples with the
petrographic microscope were performed at a rate
of about 200 samples per month. The materials
examined included quenched samples for equi-
librium-diagram determinations, control samples
from experimental runs, and samples from pro-
duction batches. The results of these exami-
nations are reported in Part 2, “Chemistry.”
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