| Abstract: | Zircaloy-4 was implanted with nitrogen at 120keV with various ion doses between 1 × 1013 and 1 × 1014 ions/m2. Fretting wear tests were performed at various cycles and loads under water immersion condition by the fretting simulator, The implanted surfaces were analyzed by Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) and transmission electron microscope(TEM). Micro-hardnees tester measured surface hardness. It is shown that nitrogen imphantation produced Zirconium nitride oxide and high density dislocations in implanted ltyer, surface hardness was enhanced from HK280 for unimplantedspecimen to HK1800 for a total ion dose of 1 × 1014 ions/m2. The nitrogen ion implantation treatment provided significantimprovements in the resistance of fretting damage. |
