In-situ observation of Hydrogen diffusion in zirconium alloys

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Zr is used extensively in nuclear reactors worldwide in a broad range of microstructural conditions due to its thermomechanical, corrosion and neutronic properties. However the affinity between H and Zr leaves Zr-alloys susceptible to precipitation of Zr hydride and delayed hydride cracking (DHC); a process controlled by the diffusion of H. The purpose of this work is to characterize the effect of the anisotropy of the Zr hcp lattice and the morphology of the beta-Zr phase on H mobility. Building on past experience, where we have refined a method to determine H diffusion coefficients using relatively small samples and short experimental times, we propose to follow the process of H diffusion in-situ, at operation temperatures of nuclear components (280C-350C), to better understand the anisotropy observed in H diffusion along the radial and axial directions of pressure tubes.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1920697-1
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/105605012
Provenance
Creator Dr Michael Schulz; Dr Sergio Soria; Dr Florencia Malamud; Dr Winfried Kockelmann; Dr Javier Santisteban
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2022
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2019-10-04T07:30:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2019-10-08T13:27:13Z