The Electric Current Effect on Electrochemical Deconsolidation of Spherical Fuel Elements

Table 2

XPS fitting results.

Sample	284.6 eV	286.8 eV	289.0 eV	O/C
Cont.	C-C(H)	C-O	O-C=O
Graphite matrix	>99.8%	<0.1%	<0.1%	0.04
Deconsolidated by 2 A (2.4 V)	65.3%	29.8%	4.8%	0.39
Deconsolidated by 7 A (6.2 V)	73.2%	16.2%	10.5%	0.24
Deconsolidated by 10 A (8.5 V)	45.6%	37.5%	16.9%	0.59
Deconsolidated by 13 A (10.7 V)	60.9%	33.8%	5.2%	0.56