A comparative study of corrosion mechanisms in recrystallized and stress-relieved Zircaloy-4 by 3D-FIB tomography and ACOM-TEM
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The corrosion behavior of recrystallized annealed (RXA) and stress-relieved annealed (SRA) Zircaloy-4 was assessed in 360 ℃ lithiated water for 400 days. SRA Zircaloy-4 with localized corrosion sites below the oxide/metal interface exhibits a much faster out-of-reactor corrosion rate than RXA Zircaloy-4. High-density dislocations can enhance the diffusion of oxygen anions along dislocations, promoting the advancement of corrosive reactions and forming localized corrosion sites. Such a mechanism leads to a less uniform crystallography orientation of monoclinic ZrO 2 grains at the oxide/metal interface of SRA Zircaloy-4 compared to its RXA counterpart, resulting in higher compressive stress and oxide cracking rates.
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OpenAlex topics: Nuclear Materials and Properties · Radioactive element chemistry and processing · Fusion materials and technologies
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