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 …

Corrosion behavior and surface treatment of cladding materials used in high-temperature lead-bismuth eutectic alloy: A review

H Wang, J Xiao, H Wang, Y Chen, X Yin, N Guo - Coatings, 2021 - mdpi.com
Liquid metal fast reactors were considered to be the most promising solution to meet the
enormous energy demand in the future. However, corrosion phenomenon caused by the …

Corrosion behavior of T91 steel in liquid lead-bismuth eutectic at 550° C: effects of exposure time and dissolved oxygen concentration

Z Zhu, Q Zhang, J Tan, X Wu, H Ma, Z Zhang, Q Ren… - Corrosion …, 2022 - Elsevier
Long-term corrosion behavior of T91 steel was investigated in 550° C static liquid lead-
bismuth eutectic (LBE) at different dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration. It was found that the …

Laser-clad FeCrAl/TiC composite coating on ferrite/martensitic steel: Significant grain refinement and wear resistance enhancement induced by adding TiC

Q Yuan, L Chai, T Yang, H Wang, J Shen, N Guo… - Surface and Coatings …, 2023 - Elsevier
By employing laser cladding, the surface of a ferritic/martensite (F/M) steel was coated with
FeCrAl metallic and FeCrAl/TiC composite coatings with their microstructures and wear …

Corrosion behavior of the FeCrAl coating with different Cr and Al contents before and after Au-ions irradiation in stagnant LBE

W Zhang, J Deng, H Yue, S Hu, X Qiu, H Yin, Q Li… - Corrosion …, 2023 - Elsevier
The corrosion behavior of the FeCrAl coating with different Cr and Al contents before and
after Au-ions irradiation was investigated in static LBE. The grain of the irradiated coating …

Microstructure response and lead-bismuth eutectic corrosion behavior of 11Cr1Si ferritic/martensitic steel after Au-ion irradiation

Q Chen, F Bai, P Wang, J Yang, C Zhu, W Zhang… - Corrosion …, 2022 - Elsevier
The effect of Au-ion irradiation dose on microstructure evolution and lead-bismuth eutectic
(LBE) corrosion behavior of 11Cr1Si ferritic/martensitic (F/M) steels was investigated. The …

Corrosion behaviors of FeCrAl alloys exposed to oxygen-saturated static lead bismuth eutectic at 550° C

Z Zhu, J Tan, X Wu, Z Zhang, EH Han, X Wang - Corrosion Science, 2022 - Elsevier
The corrosion behaviors of two types of FeCrAl alloys were investigated in static oxygen-
saturated lead bismuth eutectic (LBE) at 550° C for up to 8000 h. It was found that the oxide …

[HTML][HTML] A comparative study on the corrosion performance of four FeCrAl alloys with different Cr contents in contact with oxygen-saturated LBE

H Wang, G Liang, C Meng, X An, Y Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
The corrosion behavior of a series of FeCrAl alloys with four Cr contents was investigated in
static oxygen-saturated liquid lead–bismuth eutectic (LBE) at 600° C for 720 h. The oxidation …

Effect of Ti addition on corrosion behaviors of Fe-Ni-Cr-Al high entropy alloys exposed to static lead-bismuth eutectic at 550℃

G Zhu, J Tan, Z Xing, J Pang, X Wu, H Zhang, Z Zhang… - Corrosion …, 2024 - Elsevier
The corrosion behavior of Fe 45 Ni 30-x Cr 15 Al 10 Ti x (x= 0–5 at%) high-entropy alloys
(HEAs) in static liquid lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE) at 550° C with saturated and low (1.93× …

Early stages of liquid-metal corrosion on pre-oxidized surfaces of austenitic stainless steel 316L exposed to static Pb-Bi eutectic at 400° C

EL Maia, S Gavrilov, V Tsisar, K Baert, I De Graeve - Corrosion Science, 2024 - Elsevier
The effect of pre-oxidation in air at 300–500° C on the initiation and development of liquid
metal corrosion attack on 316L austenitic steel in static lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE) with∼ …