A modern reappraisal of the U-Zr phase diagram

W.J. Williams (ORCID 0000-0002-4614-4128), J. Lund (ORCID 0000-0002-8519-1488), R.E. García, M.A. Okuniewski (ORCID 0000-0003-3498-6827)

Journal of Nuclear Materials 603 155378 (2025) · Elsevier BV

DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2024.155378

Data: JSON record · id doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2024.155378 · metadata: crossref

Roles in ORCHID

• read by ORCHID (values extracted): 83 released values
• assessment behind a TDB file: UZr-25Wil.tdb (U–Zr)

Systems

Al–Zr, U–Zr

Evidence in ORCHID

83 values read from this paper (0 accepted), from 3 tables and 1 text passages.

Phase-registry phases citing it: phase:u-zr:a20-orthorhombic, phase:u-zr:bcc-a2, phase:u-zr:fcc-a1, phase:u-zr:hcp-a3, phase:u-zr:liquid, phase:u-zr:u-tetragonal, phase:u-zr:uzr2-delta

Availability

Read by ORCHID: yes (values_extracted). Open-access licence (Crossref license field): none deposited. Crossref is-referenced-by count: 4 (retrieved 2026-10-23).

Relations

Cited by (Crossref reference lists) (1)

• The SGTE collection of binary datasets (2025) [crossref_reference_list]

References (Crossref, publisher-deposited) (13)

• The U-Zr (Uranium-Zirconium) system (1989) [crossref_reference_list]
• Calorimetric Study of Phase Stability and Phase Transformation in U-xZr (x = 2, 5, 10 wt pct) Alloys (2015) [crossref_reference_list]
• U-Zr (Uranium-Zirconium) (2007) [crossref_reference_list]
• Heat capacity measurements of U0.80Zr0.20 and U0.80Mo0.20 alloys from room temperature to 1300 K (1989) [crossref_reference_list]
• SGTE data for pure elements (1991) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermophysical investigations of the uranium–zirconium alloy system (2014) [crossref_reference_list]
• Thermodynamic modeling of the U–Zr system – A revisit (2013) [crossref_reference_list]
• Contribution to the thermodynamic description of the corium – The U-Zr-O system (2018) [crossref_reference_list]
• Structural, microstructural and thermal analysis of U−(6-x)Zr−xNb alloys (x = 0, 2, 4, 6) (2018) [crossref_reference_list]
• Algebraic Representation of Thermodynamic Properties and the Classification of Solutions (1948) [crossref_reference_list]
• The Thermodynamic Properties of the f-Elements and Their Compounds. I. The Lanthanide and Actinide Metals (2010) [crossref_reference_list]
• Experimentally Known Properties of U-10Zr Alloys: A Critical Review (2018) [crossref_reference_list]
• The lattice stability and structure of delta -UZr₂at elevated temperatures (1995) [crossref_reference_list]

Cites (values carry this citation) (7)

• Thermophysical investigations of the uranium–zirconium alloy system (2014) — 31 values [orchid_extraction]
• Calorimetric Study of Phase Stability and Phase Transformation in U-xZr (x = 2, 5, 10 wt pct) Alloys (2015) — 20 values [orchid_extraction]
• Experimentally Known Properties of U-10Zr Alloys: A Critical Review (2018) — 19 values [orchid_extraction]
• The lattice stability and structure of delta -UZr₂at elevated temperatures (1995) — 11 values [orchid_extraction]
• Structural, microstructural and thermal analysis of U−(6-x)Zr−xNb alloys (x = 0, 2, 4, 6) (2018) — 6 values [orchid_extraction]
• Heat capacity measurements of U0.80Zr0.20 and U0.80Mo0.20 alloys from room temperature to 1300 K (1989) — 4 values [orchid_extraction]
• The Thermodynamic Properties of the f-Elements and Their Compounds. I. The Lanthanide and Actinide Metals (2010) — 2 values [orchid_extraction]

TDB files modelling its system (1)

• tdb:UZr-25Wil.tdb [sgte_tdb_header]

Reassesses (cites an earlier assessment of the same system) (2)

• Thermodynamic modeling of the U–Zr system – A revisit (2013) [citation+same-system]
• Contribution to the thermodynamic description of the corium – The U-Zr-O system (2018) [citation+same-system]

Data papers used (7)

• Thermophysical investigations of the uranium–zirconium alloy system (2014) — 31 values [orchid_extraction]
• Calorimetric Study of Phase Stability and Phase Transformation in U-xZr (x = 2, 5, 10 wt pct) Alloys (2015) — 20 values [orchid_extraction]
• Experimentally Known Properties of U-10Zr Alloys: A Critical Review (2018) — 19 values [orchid_extraction]
• The lattice stability and structure of delta -UZr₂at elevated temperatures (1995) — 11 values [orchid_extraction]
• Structural, microstructural and thermal analysis of U−(6-x)Zr−xNb alloys (x = 0, 2, 4, 6) (2018) — 6 values [orchid_extraction]
• Heat capacity measurements of U0.80Zr0.20 and U0.80Mo0.20 alloys from room temperature to 1300 K (1989) — 4 values [orchid_extraction]
• The Thermodynamic Properties of the f-Elements and Their Compounds. I. The Lanthanide and Actinide Metals (2010) — 2 values [orchid_extraction]