The effect of alloying modifications on hydrogen uptake of zirconium-alloy welding specimens during corrosion tests |
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| Authors: | M.Y. Yao B.X. Zhou W.Q. Liu |
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| Affiliation: | a Institute of Materials, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200072, PR China
b The Key Laboratory for Advanced Micro-Analysis, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, PR China |
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| Abstract: | The hydrogen uptake behavior during corrosion tests for electron beam welding specimens made out of Zircaloy-4 and zirconium alloys with different compositions was investigated. Results showed that the hydrogen uptake in the specimens after corrosion tests increased with increasing Cr content in the molten zone. This indicated that Cr element significantly affected the hydrogen uptake behavior. Fe and Cr have a low solubility in α-Zr and exist mainly in the form of Zr(Fe,Cr)2 precipitates, which is extremely reactive with hydrogen in its metallic state. It is concluded that the presence of Zr(Fe,Cr)2 second phase particles (SPPs) is responsible for the increase in the amount of hydrogen uptake in the molten zone of the welding samples after corrosion, as Zr(Fe,Cr)2 SPPs embedded in α-Zr matrix and exposed at the metal/oxide interface could act as a preferred path for hydrogen uptake. |
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| Keywords: | D0300 H0400 J0100 Z0100 |
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