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Abstract
The measurement of the surface areas of uranium-dioxide ceramics by gas-adsorption methods reveals marked differences between sintered and hot-pressed specimens. This difference can be accounted for by the existence of a very fine interconnected pore system in hot-pressed materials and of a relatively coarse interconnected pore system, together with completely closed pores, in sintered materials. Differences are also observed between the pore system in the centre of a sintered material and that near its surface.
The relative merits of various methods of measurement are discussed.
Notes
* Manuscript received 29 April 1963. Contribution to a Symposium on “Residual Porosity in Powder Metallurgy” to be held in London on 21 and 22 October 1963.