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Protective layers of zirconium alloys used for claddings to improve the corrosion resistance Cover

Protective layers of zirconium alloys used for claddings to improve the corrosion resistance

Nukleonika
Volume 69 (2024): Issue 2 (June 2024)
By: Bożena Sartowska,  Wojciech Starosta,  Paweł Sokołowski,  Danuta Wawszczak and  Jerzy Smolik  
Open Access
|Jun 2024

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Fig. 1.

Physical vapor deposition ZrSi2 + Cr modified Zry-2 surface (a) SEM image X 10 000, (b) cross-section, (c) homogeneity of the Zr–Si–Cr coatings (wt%) at nine areas of the modified Zry-2.
Physical vapor deposition ZrSi2 + Cr modified Zry-2 surface (a) SEM image X 10 000, (b) cross-section, (c) homogeneity of the Zr–Si–Cr coatings (wt%) at nine areas of the modified Zry-2.

Fig. 2.

SEM images with X 10 000× magnification of the material surfaces after 63 days oxidation test (a) Zry-2 and (b) Zry-2 coated with Zr40Si24Cr36, (c) mass changes of Zry-2 and Zry-2 coated with Zr40Si24Cr36.
SEM images with X 10 000× magnification of the material surfaces after 63 days oxidation test (a) Zry-2 and (b) Zry-2 coated with Zr40Si24Cr36, (c) mass changes of Zry-2 and Zry-2 coated with Zr40Si24Cr36.

Fig. 3.

SEM images of the coated SiC grains presented with different magnifications: (a) 50 000×, (b) 100 000×, and (c) obtained elemental composition of the material.
SEM images of the coated SiC grains presented with different magnifications: (a) 50 000×, (b) 100 000×, and (c) obtained elemental composition of the material.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nuka-2024-0018 | Journal eISSN: 1508-5791 | Journal ISSN: 0029-5922
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Language: English
Page range: 125 - 128
Submitted on: Oct 5, 2023
Accepted on: Mar 12, 2024
Published on: Jun 25, 2024
Published by: Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Claddings,
Nuclear reactors,
Oxidation,
Protective coatings,
Zirconium alloys
Related subjects:
Chemistry,
Nuclear chemistry,
Physics,
Astronomy and astrophysics,
Physics, other

© 2024 Bożena Sartowska, Wojciech Starosta, Paweł Sokołowski, Danuta Wawszczak, Jerzy Smolik, published by Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
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