Uranium Compounds as Thermoelectric Materials
The properties required for a compound to form useful thermoelectric materials are described. Uranium compounds which might have these properties are reviewed. Several of these compounds have been prepared and fabricated into compacts. The apparatus used for hot pressing, and for the measurement of thermoelectric power, electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity, is described. Detailed attention has been given to the properties of the nitrides. Preliminary studies on a number of other uranium compounds are reported. The figures of merit of the best materials so far examined are one-tenth of those necessary for a useful thermoelectric material.
Mots Clés:
Conductivity, Electrical, electrical conductivity, hot pressing, hydrogen selenide, Nonstoichiometric Uranium Dioxide, uranium oxide, Materials, metals, Oxide, Oxygen, Power, Temperature, Thermal conductivity, uranium
