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High temperature oxidation and microstructural evolution of cold spray chromium coatings on Zircaloy-4 in steam environments SCIE SCOPUS

Title
High temperature oxidation and microstructural evolution of cold spray chromium coatings on Zircaloy-4 in steam environments
Authors
Yeom HwasungMaier BenjaminJohnson GregDabney TylerLenling MiaSridharan Kumar
Date Issued
2019-12
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Abstract
Oxidation kinetics and microstructural evolution of cold sprayed Cr coatings on Zircaloy-4 at 1130 - 1310 degrees C in flowing steam at atmospheric pressure have been studied. The study is aimed at understanding of the response of Cr coated Zr-alloy under a steam environment and high temperatures pertinent to design basis accidents (DBAs) and beyond design basis accidents (BDBAs) in light water reactors (LWRs). Surface morphology, microstructure, and phases of post-oxidation test samples were characterized using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), x-ray diffraction (XRD), and Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM). Growth kinetics of the Cr-oxide scale and interdiffusion layers between the Cr coating and the Zr-alloy substrate were quantified from cross-sectional SEM images. Cross-sectional analysis showed that the Cr coatings offered a 50 times reduction in oxidation rate over bare Zircaloy-4 in a 1310 degrees C steam environment. Oxidation kinetics at 1130 degrees C followed parabolic law (i.e., n similar to 0.5 in power law kinetics) but at 1230 degrees C and 1310 degrees C the value of n was suppressed to below 0.5 possibly due to the volatilization of Cr species at the two highest temperatures. Interdiffusion at coating/substrate interface resulted in formation of a brittle Cr2Zr or Zr(Fe, Cr)(2) intermetallic compound layer on the order of micrometer in thickness and scattered Cr-rich precipitates were observed well below the interface within the Zr-alloy substrate after cooling. These experimental results could provide data to LWR system simulation codes for better estimation of coping time in the event of accidents. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
URI
https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/118880
DOI
10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.151737
ISSN
0022-3115
Article Type
Article
Citation
Journal of Nuclear Materials, vol. 526, 2019-12
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