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Method of manufacturing zirconium alloy plates

US4717427A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 8, 1986
Grant dateJan 5, 1988
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Expiry dateJan 8, 2006

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E30/30
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

For manufacturing zirconium alloy plates, more particularly for forming grids for holding nuclear fuel elements, a strip is obtained by hot rolling, then cold rolling, with a high cold hammering rate, then the strip is subjected to reheating for removing the tension at a temperature lower than the recrystallization temperature. Plates are cut out in the transverse direction of the strip.

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