Designation: C1065 −08 (Reapproved 2022)
Standard Specification for
Nuclear-Grade Zirconium Oxide Powder
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This standard is issued under the fixed designation C1065; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope
1.1 This specification defines the physical and chemical
requirements for zirconium oxide powder intended for fabri-
cation into shapes, either entirely or partially of zirconia, for
use in a nuclear reactor core.
1.2 The material described herein shall be particulate in
nature.
1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as
standard. No other units of measurement are included in this
standard.
1.4 This international standard was developed in accor-
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom-
mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
2. Referenced Documents
2.1 ASTM Standards:
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C117 Test Method for Materials Finer than 75-µm (No. 200)
Sieve in Mineral Aggregates by Washing
C371 Test Method for Wire-Cloth Sieve Analysis of Non-
plastic Ceramic Powders
C859 Terminology Relating to Nuclear Materials
C1233 Practice for Determining Equivalent Boron Contents
of Nuclear Materials
E11 Specification for Woven Wire Test Sieve Cloth and Test
Sieves
E105 Guide for Probability Sampling of Materials
2.2 ANSI Standard:
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ANSI/ASME NQA-1 Quality Assurance Requirements for
Nuclear Facility Applications
2.3 U.S. Government Standard:
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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10, Part 50, Energy
(10 CFR 50) Domestic Licensing of Production and Uti-
lization Facilities
3. Terminology
3.1 Terms shall be defined in accordance with Terminology
C859 except for the following:
3.2 buyer—the organization issuing the purchase order.
3.3 phase transformation—the rearrangement of the atomic
ordering of a crystalline lattice as a material is cycled through
a critical transformation or inversion temperature. The change
from one crystalline phase to another may be accompanied by
a volume change that could lead to cracks or defects in
products fabricated from such materials.
3.4 powder lot—a specified quantity of zirconium oxide
powder (with stabilizing additive, if applicable) blended to-
gether such that samples taken in accordance with the proce-
dures of Section 8can be considered as representative of the
entire specified quantity.
3.5 seller—the zirconium oxide processor.
3.6 stabilizing additive—a material which, when added in
sufficient quantity to the subject material exhibiting the phase
transformation, produces a stabilized crystalline phase that
does not undergo a transformation at any temperature within
the expected fabrication or usage regime of the manufactured
product; the potentially deleterious volume change is therefore
avoided.
4. Ordering Information
4.1 The buyer shall specify the following information on the
order:
4.1.1 Quantity (weight of delivered product).
4.1.2 Nominal particle size range and applicable tolerances
in accordance with U.S. Standard Sieve Series (Specification
E11). Test Method C371 and Test Method C117 and Specifi-
cation E11 may be applied for particles larger than 37 µm. For
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee C26 on
Nuclear Fuel Cycle and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee C26.03 on
Neutron Absorber Materials Specifications.
Current edition approved July 1, 2022. Published July 2022. Originally approved
in 1987. Last previous edition approved in 2015 as C1065 – 08 (2015). DOI:
10.1520/C1065-08R22.
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Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
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