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Thermal expansion in UO2 determined by high-energy X-ray diffraction

Guthrie, M. LU ; Benmore, C. J. ; Skinner, L. B. ; Alderman, O. L G ; Weber, J. K R ; Parise, J. B. and Williamson, M. (2016) In Journal of Nuclear Materials 479. p.19-22
Abstract

Here we present crystallographic analyses of high-energy X-ray diffraction data on polycrystalline UO2 up to the melting temperature. The Rietveld refinements of our X-ray data are in agreement with previous measurements, but are systematically located around the upper bound of their uncertainty, indicating a slightly steeper trend of thermal expansion compared to established values. This observation is consistent with recent first principles calculations.

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