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- Mulberry is a uranium alloy. It is used as a non-corroding or 'stainless' uranium alloy. It has been put forward as a structural material for the casings of the physics package in nuclear weapons, including those of North Korea. The composition is a ternary alloy, of 7.5% niobium, 2.5% zirconium, 90% uranium. Mulberry was developed in the 1960s at UCRL. Binary alloy compositions were first studied to avoid the mechanical problems of pure uranium: corrosion, dimensional instability, inability to improve its mechanical properties by heat treatment. were found susceptible to stress-corrosion cracking, to be weak, and to be brittle. Ternary alloys were next studied to try to avoid these drawbacks. Uranium-niobium-zirconium was found to be corrosion resistant and to permit age hardening, which could increase its hardness from 110 to 270 ksi. Multiple crystal phases were observed, with a critical temperature of 650°C. Above this the body-centered cubic was stable. Water quenching to room temperature produces a γs transition phase and with aging this transforms to a tetragonal γo phase. Further aging produces a monoclinic ɑ″ phase that is observed metallographically as a Widmanstätten pattern. The crystal structure of the alloy has been studied, particularly the γ phase. Uranium inclusions have been observed within the alloy although, unlike the binary alloys, niobium-rich inclusions were not. Early studies were uncertain as to whether these were inherent behaviours, or artifacts of their processing. (en)
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- Mulberry is a uranium alloy. It is used as a non-corroding or 'stainless' uranium alloy. It has been put forward as a structural material for the casings of the physics package in nuclear weapons, including those of North Korea. The composition is a ternary alloy, of 7.5% niobium, 2.5% zirconium, 90% uranium. (en)
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- Mulberry (uranium alloy) (en)
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