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 …

Challenges and coating solutions for wear and corrosion inside Lead Bismuth Eutectic: A review

E Serag, B Caers, P Schuurmans, S Lucas… - Surface and Coatings …, 2022 - Elsevier
The review starts with introducing lead‑bismuth-eutectic (LBE) and challenges faced by
immersed mechanical components. The bulk of the review is about methods to mitigate LBE …

The formation mechanism and effect of amorphous SiO2 on the corrosion behaviour of Fe-Cr-Si ODS alloy in LBE at 550° C

Z Xu, L Song, Y Zhao, S Liu - Corrosion Science, 2021 - Elsevier
The corrosion behaviour of the newly developed Fe-Cr-Si oxide-dispersion-strengthened
alloys in liquid lead–bismuth eutectic at 550° C was microstructurally studied. The corrosion …

Dissolution corrosion of 316L austenitic stainless steels in contact with static liquid lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE) at 500° C

K Lambrinou, E Charalampopoulou… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2017 - Elsevier
This work addresses the dissolution corrosion behaviour of 316L austenitic stainless steels.
For this purpose, solution-annealed and cold-deformed 316L steels were simultaneously …

Corrosion and radiation resistant nanoceramic coatings for lead fast reactors

FG Ferré, A Mairov, D Iadicicco, M Vanazzi, S Bassini… - Corrosion …, 2017 - Elsevier
Bare and Al 2 O 3-coated austenitic steel samples are exposed to lead-fast-reactor relevant
corrosive conditions. Selective leaching of Ni, Mn and Cr is observed in bare samples …

First-principles study on the corrosion resistance of iron oxide surface and grain boundary in austenitic steel to lead–bismuth eutectic

T Liu, B Zhang, H Yin, X He, M Liu, J Qiu, W Liu - Applied Surface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, the corrosion properties of austenitic steel with and without protection of Fe 3 O
4 scale was investigated based on first-principles calculations. The results show that lead …

Selective leaching of nickel and chromium from Type 316 austenitic steel in oxygen-containing lead–bismuth eutectic (LBE)

C Schroer, O Wedemeyer, J Novotny, A Skrypnik… - Corrosion science, 2014 - Elsevier
Selective leaching of nickel and chromium is a corrosion mode of austenitic steels that
typically occurs during exposure to a liquid metal at elevated temperature. In lead–bismuth …

Influence of coating thickness on microstructure, mechanical and LBE corrosion performance of amorphous AlCrFeTiNb high-entropy alloy coatings

J Yang, K Zhao, G Wang, C Deng, N Liu… - Surface and Coatings …, 2022 - Elsevier
The AlCrFeTiNb HEA coatings with different thickness were specially designed and
successfully deposited on F/M steel tube using magnetron sputtering method. The …

Characterization of corrosion phenomena and kinetics on T91 ferritic/martensitic steel exposed at 450 and 550° C to flowing Pb-Bi eutectic with 10− 7 mass …

V Tsisar, C Schroer, O Wedemeyer, A Skrypnik… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2017 - Elsevier
Corrosion behavior of two heats of T91 ferritic/martensitic steel, with slightly different Cr
content, was investigated in flowing (2 m/s) Pb-Bi with 10− 7 mass% O at 450 and 550° C …

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 …