Study of the corrosion and microstructure with annealing conditions of a β-quenched HANA-4 alloy
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Abstract The variation of microstructure and corrosion characteristics with the applied annealing conditions of a HANA-4 (Zr–1.5Nb–0.4Sn–0.2Fe–0.1Cr) alloy were studied by utilizing transmission electron microscopy and a corrosion test at 360 °C in a water environment. The samples were annealed at temperature ranges from 540 to 660 °C up to 16 h after β quenching at 1050 °C. The corrosion behaviour with the annealing conditions was divided into two groups following the second phase characteristics. The suitable annealing temperature to obtain good corrosion resistance in the HANA-4 alloy ranged from 570 to 600 °C.
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OpenAlex topics: Nuclear Materials and Properties · Fusion materials and technologies · Nuclear reactor physics and engineering
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