Published January 1995 | Version v1
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Study of reaction: Coated SiC coatingon HTGR fuel elements

Creators

  • 1. Qinghua Univ., Beijing, BJ (China). Inst. of Nuclear Energy Technology

Description

The graphite has excellent nuclear and high temperature performance, and is used in atomic reactors with enormous quantities. The oxidation resistance of graphite is very poor, therefore, the application of graphite is only in restricted environment. SiC presents excellent ability of the oxidation resistance. It is reported in this paper that the uniform and dense SiC coating is formed by the reaction of the graphite matrix and melted silicon. Oxidation experiments show that, when samples were heated to 1000 deg. C in air for h hours, the graphite was burnt off 68 wt. %, whereas the coated graphite only 1.7 wt.%, and 1.0wt% at. 1500 deg. C in air for 2 hours. (author). 5 refs, 7 figs, 2 tabs

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Response of fuel, fuel elements and gas cooled reactor cores under accidental air or water ingress conditions. Proceedings of a technical committee meeting held in Beijing, China, 25-27 October 1993

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Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Response of fuel, fuel elements and gas cooled reactor cores under accidental air or water ingress conditions. Proceedings of a technical committee meeting held in Beijing, China, 25-27 October 1993
Imprint Pagination
125 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 107-109.
ISSN
1011-4289
Report number
IAEA-TECDOC--784

Conference

Title
Technical committee meeting on response of fuel, fuel elements and gas cooled reactor cores under accidental air or water ingress conditions.
Dates
25-27 Oct 1993.
Place
Beijing (China).

INIS

Country of Publication
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
26045240
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
COATED FUEL PARTICLES; FUEL ELEMENTS; FUEL-CLADDING INTERACTIONS; GRAPHITE; HTGR TYPE REACTORS; OXIDATION; SILICON; SILICON CARBIDES
Descriptors DEC
CARBIDES; CARBON; CARBON COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELEMENTS; FUEL PARTICLES; GAS COOLED REACTORS; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; NONMETALS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS; SEMIMETALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS

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