NANO-MECHANISMS OF CONNECTION IN THE SOLID PHASE OF TUNGSTEN AND TANTALUM IN THE MANUFACTURE OF A NEUTRON SOURCE TARGET

Abstract

Nano-mechanisms of solid-phase bonding of tungsten and tantalum, which are implemented in the manufacture of a neutron source target for the research nuclear facility (RNF) of NSC KIPT, are considered. This facility is a new type of nuclear reactor, in the core of which the intensity of the nuclear fission reaction of the uranium isotope 235U is controlled by an electron accelerator. An installation for joining metals in the solid phase is described, its parameters are given, as well as the parameters of the joined metals. An electron-probe X-ray spectral analysis of the interface between the samples was carried out. The physical foundations of the nano-mechanism of bonding in the solid phase of tungsten and tantalum at the dynamic and isostatic stages at hot vacuum pressing are formulated. Experimental data on the relative temperature convergence of rolls at the dynamic and isostatic stages of hot vacuum pressing have been obtained.