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1 PublicationEmbrittlement of ZrNb1 at Room Temperature after High-Temperature Oxidation in Steam Atmosphere
Böhmert, J.
Abstract
The ductility of ZrNb1 claddings after exposure to steam between 700 and 1000 °C was determined by ring compression tests at room temperature and compared with the ductility behaviour of Zircaloy. The ductility of ZrNb1 is quickly reduced by steam exposure. Complete embrittlement of ZrNb1 is reached at a relative equivalent oxide-layer thickness of 5 %, in contrast to Zircaloy, where a relative thickness of 17 % is necessary to produce complete embrittlement. The different behaviour of the two alloys is caused by higher oxygen uptake and a more homogeneous oxygen distribution in ZrNb1 after cooling. Between 950 and 1000 °C, there is an additional effect of high hydrogen absorption. Validity of the 17 % criterion for ZrNb1 can no longer be taken for granted in view of these experimental findings.
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Kerntechnik 57 (1992), No. 1, 55-58
DOI: 10.1515/kern-1992-570117
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