The test methods in this method are designed to show whether a given material is in accordance with Specification C922.
1.1 These test methods cover procedures for the analysis of sintered gadolinium oxide-uranium dioxide pellets to determine compliance with specifications.
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| Carbon (Total) by Direct CombustionThermal Conductivity Method | |
| C1408 Test Method for Carbon (Total) in Uranium Oxide Powders and Pellets By Direct Combustion-Infrared Detection Method | |
| Chlorine and Fluorine by Pyrohydrolysis Ion-Selective Electrode Method | |
| C1502 Test Method for Determination of Total Chlorine and Fluorine in Uranium Dioxide and Gadolinium Oxide | |
| Gadolinia Content by Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometry | |
| C1456 Test Method for Determination of Uranium or Gadolinium, or Both, in Gadolinium Oxide-Uranium Oxide Pellets or by X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) | |
| Hydrogen by Inert Gas Fusion | |
| C1457 Test Method for Determination of Total Hydrogen Content of Uranium Oxide Powders and Pellets by Carrier Gas Extraction | |
| Isotopic Uranium Composition by Multiple-Filament Surface-Ionization Mass Spectrometric Method | |
| C1413 Test Method for Isotopic Analysis of Hydrolysed Uranium Hexafluoride And Uranyl Nitrate Solutions By Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry | |
| C1347 Practice for Preparation and Dissolution of Uranium Materials for Analysis | |
| Nitrogen by DistillationNessler Reagent (Photometric) Method | 6 to 16 |
| Oxygen-to-Metal Ratio of Sintered Gadolinium Oxide-Uranium Dioxide Pellets | |
| C1430 Test Method for Determination of Uranium, Oxygen to Uranium, and Oxygen to Metal (O/M) in Sintered Uranium Dioxide and Gadolinia-Uranium Dioxide Pellets by Atmospheric Equilibration | |
| Spectrochemical Determination of Trace Impurity Elements | |
| C1517 Test Method for Determination of Metallic Impurities in Uranium Metal or Compounds by DC-Arc Emission Spectroscopy | |
| Total Gas by Hot Vacuum Extraction | |
| Ceramographic Determination of Free Gd2O3 and Free UO2 to Estimate the Homogeneity of (U,Gd)O2 Pellets | 17 to 24 |
| Ceramographic Determination of Average Grain Size by Linear Intercept after Chemical Etching \t | 25 to 32 |
1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard.
0 Vacuum testing; Volatile matter content--nuclear materials; XRF (X-ray fluorescence)--nuclear materials; Atomic ratio; Carbon content--nuclear materials; Ceramographic determination; Chlorine content--nuclear materials/applications; Energy-dispersive x-ray analysis (EDXA); Fluorine content--nuclear materials/applications; Gadolinia; Gadolinium oxide-uranium dioxide powder/pellets; Gases--radioactive; Homogeneity; Hot-vacuum extraction; Hydrogen content--nuclear materials; Inert gas fusion; Ion selective electrode method; Isotopic analysis; Mass spectrometry--nuclear materials/applications; Multiple-filament surface-ionization mass spectrometric method; Nessler reagent method; Nitrogen content--nuclear materials; Oxygen-to-metal (O/M) ratio; Pyrohydrolysis ion-selective electrode method; Spectrographic analysis; Spectroscopy--emission; Thermal analysis (TA); Thorium content; Trace elements--spectrochemical analysis; Uranium; Uranium content; Uranium isotopic analysis
