The Electric Current Effect on Electrochemical Deconsolidation of Spherical Fuel Elements

Table 1

The elemental analysis results before and after deconsolidation.

Sample	N% (mea.)	C% (mea.)	H% (mea.)	O% (calc.)	O/C
Graphite matrix	0.06	98.80	0.22	0.91	0.009
Deconsolidated by 2 A (2.4 V)	0.98	80.6	0.60	17.80	0.22
Deconsolidated by 7 A (6.2 V)	1.14	78.68	0.88	19.31	0.25
Deconsolidated by 10 A (8.5 V)	0.62	81.48	0.81	17.09	0.21
Deconsolidated by 13 A (10.7 V)	0.75	80.91	0.79	17.55	0.22