Designation:C1065−08(Reapproved2015)StandardSpecificationforNuclear-GradeZirconiumOxidePowder1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationC1065;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisspecificationdefinesthephysicalandchemicalrequirementsforzirconiumoxidepowderintendedforfabri-cationintoshapes,eitherentirelyorpartiallyofzirconia,foruseinanuclearreactorcore.1.2Thematerialdescribedhereinshallbeparticulateinnature.1.3ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.Nootherunitsofmeasurementareincludedinthisstandard.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2C117TestMethodforMaterialsFinerthan75-µm(No.200)SieveinMineralAggregatesbyWashingC371TestMethodforWire-ClothSieveAnalysisofNon-plasticCeramicPowdersC859TerminologyRelatingtoNuclearMaterialsC1233PracticeforDeterminingEquivalentBoronContentsofNuclearMaterialsE11SpecificationforWovenWireTestSieveClothandTestSievesE105PracticeforProbabilitySamplingofMaterials2.2ANSIStandard:3ANSI/ASMENQA-1QualityAssuranceRequirementsforNuclearFacilityApplications2.3U.S.GovernmentStandard:4CodeofFederalRegulations,Title10,Part50,Energy(10CFR50)DomesticLicensingofProductionandUti-lizationFacilities3.Terminology3.1TermsshallbedefinedinaccordancewithTerminologyC859exceptforthefollowing:3.2buyer—theorganizationissuingthepurchaseorder.3.3phasetransformation—therearrangementoftheatomicorderingofacrystallinelatticeasamaterialiscycledthroughacriticaltransformationorinversiontemperature.Thechangefromonecrystallinephasetoanothermaybeaccompaniedbyavolumechangethatcouldleadtocracksordefectsinproductsfabricatedfromsuchmaterials.3.4powderlot—aspecifiedquantityofzirconiumoxidepowder(withstabilizingadditive,ifapplicable)blendedto-gethersuchthatsamplestakeninaccordancewiththeproce-duresofSection8canbeconsideredasrepresenta...
