Manufacturing and characterization of U-Zr alloys for PWR fuel types have been conducted. At first U-Zr alloy ingot was made by melting U and Zr metal in the electric arc furnace that is equipped with a water cooler and in an atmosphere of argon gas. Ingot manufacturing of U-Zr alloy was done at Zr concentration 35%, 45%, 55% and 65% weight respectively. U-Zr ingot result was cut for testing, such as: density, hardness, microstructure and phases. Density testing was done by using Autopicnometer, hardness by using microhardness, microstructure by using optical microscope, and phase by XRD. The density test results showed that the increase of Zr will decrease the density, while the hardness tends to increase. At Zr concentration amount 35 % (U-35Zr) the U-35Zr density is 11.2409 g/cc and at concentration amount of 65% (U-65Zr) the U-65 Zr density to be 8.4673 g/cc, while the hardness at 35% of Zr (U-35Zr) the hardness is 374 HV and will be 400 HV at concentration of Zr amount 65%. The microstructure observation result showed that increasing of Zr will increase the amount of grain and δ1 phases, while the result of phases testing showed that the U-Zr alloy tested had been dominated by the δ1 phases. From this experiment can be concluded that adding of Zr will influence the physical properties, mechanical, and microstructure formed. Keywords: Manufacturing, characterization, U-Zr , fuel, PWR.
This research aimed to test whether learning with cooperative Jigsaw material geometry with performance assessment achieve mastery learning, test whether the ability of the mathematical representation of students with cooperative learning model Jigsaw material geometry with the assessment of performance is better than the ability of the representation of the students on the model of Discovery Learning, a description of the ability of the mathematical representation students on cooperative learning model Jigsaw with the assessment of student interest. This study is a mixed methods research. The subjects were students of class VIII-A one of junior high school in Kaliwungu, Kendal, Central Java. The data collection method using tests, questionnaires and interviews. The results show that: mathematical representation abilities of students who receive Jigsaw cooperative learning on geometry material with performance assessment fulfill the completeness of learning, mathematical representation abilities of students on geometry material in Jigsaw cooperative learning with performance assessments better than mathematical representation abilities of students on Discovery Learning, and descriptions of mathematical representation abilities students in the Jigsaw cooperative learning with performance assessments in terms of students interest learning that students with high learning interest are able to fulfill indicators of mathematical representation ability is very well, students with learning interest are able to fulfill indicators of mathematical representation ability well and students with low learning interest are less able to fulfill the indicators of mathematical representation ability.
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