journal article·2026-10

SiC as a diffusion barrier: Mitigating Cr-Zr interdiffusion in Cr-coated Zr alloy cladding under high-temperature steam

Yunqing Jia, Donghui Geng, Yongjing Wang, Quge Wang, Jianxi Deng, Minghua Shi, Qisen Ren, Zhongxiao Song, Jun Sun

Corrosion Science· Volume 271
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