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This is a high quality zirconium or hafnium sponge, a fuel element cladding liner having material of the quality of this sponge and a process utilizing this quality sponge to fabricate liner material for lined fuel element cladding. The sponge contains 250-about 350 ppm of oxygen impurity, 50-300 pp

This is a high quality zirconium or hafnium sponge, a fuel element cladding liner having material of the quality of this sponge and a process utilizing this quality sponge to fabricate liner material for lined fuel element cladding. The sponge contains 250-about 350 ppm of oxygen impurity, 50-300 ppm of iron impurity, and a total of 500-1,000 ppm of impurity. This material is much purer than conventional sponge and approaches the quality of crystal bar.

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A high purity zirconium sponge or hafnium sponge, said sponge consisting of 250-about 350 ppm of oxygen impurity, 50-350 ppm of iron impurity, total impurities of 500-1,000 ppm, with the remainder being zirconium or hafnium, whereby an inexpensive intermediate product is provided which can be proces

A high purity zirconium sponge or hafnium sponge, said sponge consisting of 250-about 350 ppm of oxygen impurity, 50-350 ppm of iron impurity, total impurities of 500-1,000 ppm, with the remainder being zirconium or hafnium, whereby an inexpensive intermediate product is provided which can be processed for use in applications requiring high purity material, without resorting to expensive crystal bar processing.