1. Scope
1.1 This specification defines the physical and chemical requirements for hafnium oxide powder intended for fabrication into shapes for use in a nuclear reactor core.
1.2 The material described herein shall be particulate in nature.
1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.
2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) 
The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.
U.S. Government Standard
CodeofFederalRegulat Part 50, Energy (10 CFR 50), Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities Available from U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, 732 N. Capitol St., NW, Mail Stop: SDE, Washington, DC 20401, http://www.access.gpo.gov.
ASTM Standards
C117 Test Method for Materials Finer than 75-m (No. 200) Sieve in Mineral Aggregates by Washing
C371 Test Method for Wire-Cloth Sieve Analysis of Nonplastic Ceramic Powders
C859 Terminology Relating to Nuclear Materials
E11 Specification for Woven Wire Test Sieve Cloth and Test Sieves
E105 Practice for Probability Sampling of Materials
ANSI/ASME Standard
NQA-1 ASME Quality Assurance Program Requirements for Nuclear Facility Applications Available from American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 25 W. 43rd St., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10036, http://www.ansi.org.
Keywords
CaO; hafnium oxide; MgO; powder; stabilizing additive; Y2O3;
ICS Code
ICS Number Code 27.120.30 (Fissile materials and nuclear fuel technology); 71.060.20 (Oxides)
DOI: 10.1520/C1098-08
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