Effect of annealing temperature on corrosion behavior and ZrO2 microstructure of zircaloy-4 cladding tube

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1295, Issue , 1996, Pages 74-93

  Anada, Hiroyuki ^a   Herb, Brett J ^b   Nomoto, Ken Ichi ^a   Hagi, Shigeki ^a   Graham, Ronald A ^b   Kuroda, Takahiro ^a  

^a Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd   (Japan)

^b Teledyne Wah Chang   (United States)

Author keywords

Annealing temperature; Corrosion resistance; Oxide morphology; Zircaloy 4; solution treatment

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CORROSION; CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; INTERMETALLICS; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; NUCLEAR FUEL CLADDING; THERMAL EFFECTS; VOLUME FRACTION; ZIRCONIA;

CLADDING TUBES; ZIRCONIUM ALLOY ZIRCALOY 4;

ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0030285531     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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