A high-entropy alloy nitride protective coating for fuel cladding in high temperature lead-bismuth eutectic alloy
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High temperature coatings possess great potential for improving operation temperature of 4th generation nuclear reactor. In this paper, a high-entropy alloy nitride coatings (CrAlTiNbV)N x were investigated for the application in corrosive lead-bismuth alloy (LBE). The coatings were synthesized by unbalanced magnetron sputtering on ferritic/martensitic (F/M) steel. Properties of (CrAlTiNbV)N x are systematically investigated from perspective of the electron structure, crystalline, and mechanical properties under different bias voltage applied on samples. Significant improvement of hardness (30 GPa) is obtained at bias voltage of -156 V. Furthermore, the corrosion behavior in 550 °C lead bismuth eutectic (LBE) was conducted for 1200 h with saturated oxygen content, which demonstrates the dense structure of coatings with no obvious crack, spallation that characterized by the SEM, EDS, and TEM. Upon the application of high bias voltage, more prone formation of high-density grain boundary with fine grains extends the diffusion path of Pb and Bi are achieved for excellent LBE corrosion resistance. Our work not only provide an insight to the electron structure of high entropy alloy nitrides, but also shows a potential application for (CrAlTiNbV)N x protecting fuel cladding in the next generation lead based reactor.
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OpenAlex topics: Nuclear Materials and Properties · Metal and Thin Film Mechanics · High-Temperature Coating Behaviors
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