Effect of Humidity on the Surface Oxidation of UC Single Crystals at Room Temperature
- 1 August 1969
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 40 (9), 3819-3824
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1658277
Abstract
The formation of oxide layers on fresh {100} cleavage faces of uranium monocarbide (UC) single crystals during exposure to air at room temperature is studied using the channeling technique and Rutherford backscattering of 1‐MeV He+ ions. The thickness of the layers increases with humidity and, for exposure times of about 1 week, ranges between 20 and 80 Å.Keywords
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