Experimental study and preliminary thermodynamic calculations of the pseudo-ternary Zr-Nb-Fe-(O,Sn) system

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1423, 2002, Pages 361-382

  Toffolon, Caroline ^a   Brachet, Jean Christophe ^a   Servant, Colette ^b   Legras, Laurent ^c   Charquet, Daniel ^d   Barberis, Pierre ^d   Mardon, Jean Paul ^e  

^a SRMA   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c EDF R AND D   (France)

^d CEZUS   (France)

^e AREVA NP   (France)

Author keywords

Composition; Microstructure; Phase transformations; Thermocalc; Thermodynamic calculations; Zirconium alloys; ZrNbFe intermetallic precipitates

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; INTERMETALLICS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SOLUBILITY; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMODYNAMICS; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

FUEL ASSEMBLY; INTERMETALLIC PHASE; IRRADIATION GROWTH; SPACE GROUPS;

TERNARY SYSTEMS;

EID: 8844220494     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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