Sensitivity of measured steam oxidation kinetics to atmospheric control and impurities
| Autor: | Andrew T. Nelson, E. Sooby Wood, Kurt A. Terrani |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Zirconium Materials science Instrumentation Kinetics Metallurgy chemistry.chemical_element 02 engineering and technology 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Cladding (fiber optics) complex mixtures 01 natural sciences Sensitivity (explosives) 010305 fluids & plasmas Materials Science(all) Nuclear Energy and Engineering chemistry Impurity 0103 physical sciences General Materials Science Current (fluid) 0210 nano-technology Loss-of-coolant accident |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Nuclear Materials. 477:228-233 |
| ISSN: | 0022-3115 |
| Popis: | The most direct means of improving the ability of water cooled reactors to withstand excessive cladding oxidation during a loss of coolant accident is to either modify or replace zirconium cladding. It is important to understand what level of agreement is to be expected as a function of systematic differences in steam oxidation testing techniques and instrumentation among testing facilities. The present study was designed to assess the sensitivities of some of the current and proposed reactor cladding materials. Steam oxidation sensitivity of Zircaloy-2, FeCrAl and Mo to O2 impurities in steam were examined. It was shown that the effect of O2 impurities is negligible for the two former materials while significant in the case of Mo. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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