Shakthi Balan D , R. Priya , C. Thinaharan , M. Sakairi , S. Ukai , S. Ningshen
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Abstract
It is imperative to comprehend the corrosion behavior of different Cr containing Al-added ODS steel reactor clad materials in nuclear reprocessing simulating conditions, as high dissolution of clad material is not desirable. In this present work, the effect of varying HNO3 concentrations (3, 6, 11.5 M HNO3) and with oxidizing (Cr6+, Ce3+) and non-oxidizing (Fe3+) ions in 6 M HNO3 on 10Cr (10Cr-5Al-0.5Ti-0.5Y2O3-Fe) and 17Cr (16.78Cr-4.46Al-0.5Ti-0.45Y2O3-Fe) Al-ODS steels are investigated. The potentiodynamic anodic polarization studies revealed an ennoblement of corrosion potential by elevated cathodic current resulting from increased oxidizing conditions in HNO3 by concentration and oxidizing ions. Through various electrochemical techniques like open circuit potential (OCP), potentiodynamic polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), the 17Cr Al-ODS steel exhibited improved corrosion resistance with lower Ecorr, increased passivation range (Epass range), lower corrosion current density (icorr) and increased charge transfer resistance (Rct). The SEM studies revealed variation in corrosion morphology as shallow corrosion cavities and deeper corrosion pits in 17Cr Al-ODS and 10Cr Al-ODS steel, respectively, at high oxidizing environment. The enhanced corrosion resistance of 17Cr Al-ODS is associated to the improved passivation with the high Cr level in the steel compared to 10Cr-ODS steel, which is corroborated by XPS analysis. New knowledge on nitric acid corrosion mechanism on the Cr in Al-ODS steels and the influences of oxidizing ions in reprocessing environments are described.
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The Journal of Nuclear Materials publishes high quality papers in materials research for nuclear applications, primarily fission reactors, fusion reactors, and similar environments including radiation areas of charged particle accelerators. Both original research and critical review papers covering experimental, theoretical, and computational aspects of either fundamental or applied nature are welcome.
The breadth of the field is such that a wide range of processes and properties in the field of materials science and engineering is of interest to the readership, spanning atom-scale processes, microstructures, thermodynamics, mechanical properties, physical properties, and corrosion, for example.
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Fission reactor materials, including fuels, cladding, core structures, pressure vessels, coolant interactions with materials, moderator and control components, fission product behavior.
Materials aspects of the entire fuel cycle.
Materials aspects of the actinides and their compounds.
Performance of nuclear waste materials; materials aspects of the immobilization of wastes.
Fusion reactor materials, including first walls, blankets, insulators and magnets.
Neutron and charged particle radiation effects in materials, including defects, transmutations, microstructures, phase changes and macroscopic properties.
Interaction of plasmas, ion beams, electron beams and electromagnetic radiation with materials relevant to nuclear systems.
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