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Thermodynamic simulation of phase equilibria in the UO2-Gd2O3 system at high temperatures

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Thermodynamic models of a UO2-based melt and cubic solid solution were developed on the basis of the most accurate measurements of the UO2-Gd2O3 liquidus in a range of 0–30 mol. % of Gd2O3. These models enabled computing the phase diagram of this system in a temperature range of 1900–3200 K for all composition varieties.

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  1. Institute of Nuclear Reactors, Kurchatov Institute Russian Research Center, Moscow, Russia

    S. G. Popov & V. N. Proselkov

  2. Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    V. A. Lysenko

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Original Russian Text © S.G. Popov, V.A. Lysenko, V.N. Proselkov, 2012, published in Teplofizika Vysokikh Temperatur, 2012, Vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 240–243.

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Popov, S.G., Lysenko, V.A. & Proselkov, V.N. Thermodynamic simulation of phase equilibria in the UO2-Gd2O3 system at high temperatures. High Temp 50, 221–224 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0018151X12020137

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