| AVS 66th International Symposium & Exhibition | |
| Actinides and Rare Earths Focus Topic | Monday Sessions |
| Session AC-MoA |
| Session: | Early Career Scientists |
| Presenter: | Xiaxin Ding, Idaho National Laboratory |
| Authors: | X. Ding, Idaho National Laboratory N. Poudel, Idaho National Laboratory T. Yao, Idaho National Laboratory J. Harp, Idaho National Laboratory K. Gofryk, Idaho National Laboratory |
| Correspondent: | Click to Email |
At room temperature, uranium metal is in its alpha form, the most common structural form of the element. It consists of corrugated sheets of atoms in an asymmetrical orthorhombic structure. However, the room temperature stabilized delta phase can be formed by alloying uranium with zirconium, which is known to have hexagonal crystal structure. It is important to know the physical properties of U-Zr alloys due to their technological importance. In this talk, we will present the first-time results of magnetization, transport and thermodynamic measurements of delta phase uranium at low temperatures and under high magnetic fields. The results obtained help us to understand the 5f ground state properties in different phases of U. We will discuss implications of these results.