Published February 1, 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

The effect of grain boundary engineering on the oxidation behavior of INCOLOY alloy 800H in supercritical water

  • 1. Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1500 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI 53706 (United States)

Description

Grain boundary engineering (GBE) was applied to INCOLOY alloy 800H by means of thermomechanical processing. The oxidation behavior of GBE-treated alloy 800H exposed in supercritical water (SCW) with 25 ppb dissolved oxygen at 500 deg. C and 25 MPa was significantly improved as compared to 800H in the annealed condition. Gravimetry, optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy/energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM/EDS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) were employed in this study to analyze the oxidation behavior of control (annealed) and GBE-treated samples. GBE improves the protective oxidation behavior by enhancing spallation resistance and reducing oxidation rate. Spallation resistance correlates with a reduction in texture of the oxide layers

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DOI
10.1016/j.jnucmat.2005.09.023;
PII
S0022-3115(05)00462-9;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Nuclear Materials
Journal Volume
348
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 263-271
ISSN
0022-3115
CODEN
JNUMAM

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