... electrocoat phosphate pretreatment steel zirconium C athodic electrocoating is traditionally used as the primary coating layer in automotive corrosion protection systems. ¹ This method has multiple advantages for industry applications, such as: (1) ease of automation, (2) high “throw...

... reactors seawater stainless steels zirconium The Tohoku Earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0 occurred on March 11, 2011, off the Pacific coast of Japan. The tsunami that followed the earthquake destroyed the power sources for Units 1 to 4 of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station; without...

...Christopher D. Taylor; Matthew L. Rossi This paper reviews the development of a multiphysics approach to studying the environmentally assisted cracking of zirconium as induced by iodine, a failure mechanism pertinent to the degradation of clad materials encasing nuclear fuel rod assemblies...

...S. Simanjuntak; M.K. Cavanaugh; D.S. Gandel; M.A. Easton; M.A. Gibson; N. Birbilis A total of 71 custom alloys were prepared and tested in order to produce a statistically relevant spread of compositions containing a range of iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), and zirconium (Zr) additions to magnesium (Mg...

... 2013 magnesium manganese microstructure polarization scanning electron microscopy zirconium Part 1 of this study focused on electrochemical investigation of both pure Mn and pure Zr in 0.1 M sodium chloride (NaCl), buffered to yield a range of pH levels. 1 Such baseline data...

..., Tehran, Iran. 2 9 2011 30 12 2011 © 2012 NACE International 2012 acid corrosion glass titanium weight loss zirconium Low-silica, high-lead glasses are generally used as an absorber of gamma rays in the viewing windows of the hot cells. Lead silicate glass (LSG...

... polarization scanning electron microscopy steels zirconium The high-level waste (HLW) produced from the treatment of spent nuclear fuel needs special consideration for safe disposal. The radio nuclides present in this waste must be isolated from the surrounding biosphere for time periods greater...

... 12 2012 © 2013 NACE International 2013 manganese magnesium polarization zirconium Mn and Zr have several uses in engineering applications. Mn is used predominantly as an alloying element, serving various functional roles in a range of steels, 1 along with providing solid...

... results in the thermodynamically lowest ECP value when a stoichiometric or higher amount of hydrogen is present in the water. It is also observed that an insulated protective coating (IPC) layer created with powders of yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ), pure zirconium (Zr) or zirconium alloys by thermal...

... to this mechanism, the species responsible for inducing SCC are believed to be titanium tetraiodide (TiI₄) and zirconium tetraiodide (ZrI₄) for Ti and Zr alloys, respectively. ‡ Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected] . 01 2004 11 2004 NACE International 2005...

... was attributable to a steric effect that hindered the access of the corrosive species to the tip of the crack. The surface-mobility SCC mechanism accounts for the experimental observations made in the present work. ‡ Corresponding author. 05 2002 12 2002 NACE International 2003 zirconium...

... phase structure into the multiphase structure (β-NiAl, α-Cr, and Heusler [Ni₂AlZr] phase). The NiAl-33.5Cr-0.5Zr alloy formed a nonprotective Al₂O₃ + Cr₂O₃ + ZrO₂ (aluminum oxide + chromium oxide + zirconium dioxide) mixed scale...

... 02 2002 NACE International 2002 corrosion fatigue nitric acid stress corrosion cracking Ti-5Ta alloy zirconium Ti-5Ta alloy (Ti-5Ta) and Zr have excellent corrosion resistance to nitric acid (HNO_{3). They have been used for dissolvers or evaporators in spent fuel}...

...T. Motooka; K. Kiuchi The fatigue crack growth of a commercial-grade zirconium was studied in boiling nitric acid (HNO₃) and in air at room temperature under tensile load control. The fatigue crack growth rate, da/dN, in air was strongly dependent on the crystallographic texture...

... 2001 12 2001 NACE International 2002 aluminum anodic oxides photoelectrochemistry yttrium zirconium In most cases of practical importance, metallic materials in aggressive environments are covered spontaneously by very thin (a few nm thick) oxide films, whose structure...

...G.C. Palit Pitting corrosion behavior of zirconium was studied in an oxidizing chloride solution of 1 N hydrochloric acid (HCl) + 1,000 ppm Fe³⁺ under simple immersion conditions. Different surface treatments led to different potential transients at the onset of pitting corrosion...

...P.M. Natishan; J. Jones-Meehan; G.I. Loeb; B.J. Little; R. Ray; M. Beard Microbial colonization of metals (zirconium, chromium, niobium, tantalum, molybdenum, tungsten, and type 4340 steel [UNS G43400]) and susceptibility of these metals to microbiologically influenced corrosion by sulfate-reducing...

...A.S. Mogoda Passivation of the zirconium surface and stability of anodic oxide film were investigated as a function of surface preparation. The mechanically polished surface appeared to be more reactive toward oxide thickening than the etched one, as revealed by impedance measurements. Oxide film...

...S.J. Clarke; P.H. Clarke To determine the suitability of grade 705 zirconium (UNS R60705) as a candidate material of construction for high-temperature and pressure hydrogen peroxide (P_HT) pulp-bleaching reactors, a series of electrochemical experiments were carried out in simulated...

... boiling-water reactor corrosion potential high-temperature water insulated coatings plasma spray yttrium zirconium The coolant in the recirculation line of a boiling-water reactor (BWR) is high-purity, neutral-pH water containing radiolytically generated dissolved oxygen (O_{2), hydrogen}...