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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 1991
Filed:
Oct. 19, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul Van Diemen, San Jose, CA (US);
Kenneth W Lay, Schenectady, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F27B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264 65 ; 376339 ; 264 66 ; 252478 ;
Abstract
A lanthanide oxide selected from the group consisting of dysprosium oxide, erbium oxide, europium oxide, gadolium oxide and samarium oxide is formed into a compact and sintered to produce a body useful as a control rod material in a water cooled nuclear reactor. The lanthanide oxide is preferably combined with a corrosion stabilizing group 4A metal oxide such as hafnium oxide.