Environmental degradation of structural materials in liquid lead-and lead-bismuth eutectic-cooled reactors

X Gong, MP Short, T Auger… - Progress in materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Liquid lead (Pb)-and lead–bismuth eutectic (LBE)-cooled fast neutron reactors (Gen-IV
LFRs) are one of the most technologically mature fission reactor technologies, due to their …

Pathway to understand liquid metal embrittlement (LME) in Fe-Zn couple: From fundamentals toward application

MH Razmpoosh, C DiGiovanni, YN Zhou… - Progress in Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Liquid metal embrittlement (LME) has been reported in many structural materials including
steel, aluminum, brass, and nickel during hot-working processes eg welding, hot …

LBE corrosion fatigue life prediction of T91 steel and 316 SS using machine learning method assisted by symbol regression

S Feng, X Sun, G Chen, H Wu, X Chen - International Journal of Fatigue, 2023 - Elsevier
This study employs machine learning models assisted by symbol regression to achieve
satisfactory corrosion fatigue life prediction for T91 steel and 316L stainless steel (SS) used …

A review of the surface modifications for corrosion mitigation of steels in lead and LBE

JB Vogt, I Proriol Serre - Coatings, 2021 - mdpi.com
The review paper starts with the applications of liquid metals and then concentrates on lead
and lead–bismuth eutectic used in Gen IV nuclear reactors and accelerator-driven systems …

Liquid metal embrittlement in laser beam welding of Zn-coated 22MnB5 steel

MH Razmpoosh, A Macwan, E Biro, DL Chen, Y Peng… - Materials & Design, 2018 - Elsevier
Despite frequent reports of liquid metal embrittlement (LME) during resistance spot welding,
no work has been done to investigate the LME sensitivity in laser beam welding (LBW) of …

Revealing the temperature-dependent hardening mechanisms of non-uniformly distributed defects for ion-irradiated metals: Experiments and modeling

L Xia, Y Chen, J Huang, Y Wang, C Wang, J Xue… - Materials Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this work, an integrated approach including experimental examinations and theoretical
modeling was employed to examine the temperature-dependent hardening of structural …

A review of recent advances in the understanding of liquid metal embrittlement

DG Kolman - Corrosion, 2019 - meridian.allenpress.com
Significant advances in the study of liquid metal embrittlement have occurred since 2000 but
there have been few reviews of the liquid metal embrittlement literature since that time. This …

Corrosion mechanism of lead-bismuth eutectic at grain boundary in ferritic steels and the effect of alloying elements: A first-principles study

T Liu, J Hui, B Zhang, X He, M Liu, J Qiu… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study first-principles calculations are used to investigate the corrosion mechanism of
liquid metal embrittlement (LME) by lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE) at grain boundary (GB) in …

Effect of temperature on low cycle fatigue behavior of T91 steel in liquid lead-bismuth eutectic environment at 150–550° C

B Xue, J Tan, Z Zhang, X Wang, X Wu, EH Han… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The low cycle fatigue behavior of T91 steel in a lead–bismuth eutectic and an air
environment was investigated at 150–550° C. The temperature dependent “fatigue …

Low cycle fatigue behavior of a modified 9Cr–1Mo ferritic–martensitic steel in lead–bismuth eutectic at 350 C–effects of oxygen concentration in the liquid metal and …

X Gong, P Marmy, B Verlinden, M Wevers, M Seefeldt - Corrosion Science, 2015 - Elsevier
The synergistic effects of oxygen concentration and strain rate on the low cycle fatigue
behavior of a 9Cr–1Mo steel have been investigated in lead–bismuth eutectic (LBE) at 350° …