Hydrogen effects on passivation and SCC of 2205 DSS in acidified simulated seawater

Y Pan, B Sun, Z Liu, W Wu, X Li - Corrosion Science, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, hydrogen effects on passivation and stress corrosion cracking (SCC) of 2205
duplex stainless steel (DSS) in acidified seawater were investigated. Results show …

The micromechanics of fracture of zirconium hydrides

S Marashi, H Abdolvand - Acta Materialia, 2024 - Elsevier
Zirconium alloys are susceptible to hydrogen embrittlement and hydride precipitation. The
precipitation of hydrides is accompanied by a transformation strain, but the contribution of …

Uncovering the hydride orientation-mediated hoop fatigue mechanism in a zirconium alloy cladding tube

J Li, M Li, B Guan, Y Xin, Y Wu, X Liu, G Chen - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hydride reorientation degrades the mechanical performance of Zr alloys. However, the
mechanism by which hydride reorientation affects fatigue behavior is unclear. In this study …

Quantifying the effect of hydride microstructure on zirconium alloys embrittlement using image analysis

PCA Simon, C Frank, LQ Chen, MR Daymond… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2021 - Elsevier
Because hydride microstructure can significantly influence Zr alloy nuclear fuel cladding's
ductility, a new metric has been developed to quantify hydride microstructure in 2D …

Effect of radial hydrides on fracture behavior of Zr-2.5 Nb pressure tube material

AK Bind, G Avinash, S Sunil, RK Sharma… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2024 - Elsevier
The fracture behavior of Zr-2.5 Nb pressure tube (PT) material containing radial hydrides
with hydrogen concentrations between 30 and 300wppm was evaluated between 25 and …

[HTML][HTML] On the effect of nuclear fission cladding stresses on Zirconium hydride orientation and dislocation strain energy fields via discrete dislocation plasticity and …

C Skamniotis, D Long, M Wenman, DS Balint - Journal of the Mechanics …, 2025 - Elsevier
The diffusion of hydrogen in Zircalloy fuel cladding components and its associated delayed
hydride cracking (DHC) mechanism remain a bottleneck in nuclear fission. Through Crystal …

Repair of embrittlement induced by different hydride configurations by dissolving partial hydrides using pulsed electric current

R Ma, C Liu, X Zhang - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The sudden brittle fracture of Ti, Zr and other metals caused by brittle hydride phase usually
depends on the hydride network that provides the crack initiation and propagation path …

Development of an image analysis code for hydrided Zircaloy using Dijkstra's algorithm and sensitivity analysis of radial hydride continuous path

D Kim, D Kim, D Woo, Y Lee - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
PROPHET, a software that conducts an image analysis of hydrided Zircaloy for Radial
Hydride Fraction (RHF) and Radial Hydride Continuous Path (RHCP) evaluation using …

Effect of radial hydride on room temperature fracture toughness of Zr-2.5 Nb pressure tube material

A Gopalan, AK Bind, S Sunil, TN Murty… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2021 - Elsevier
The effect of radial hydride on the room temperature fracture toughness of the Zr-2.5 Nb
pressure tube material with 100% radial hydrides and hydrogen content up to 320wppm was …

A novel method for radial hydride analysis in zirconium alloys: HAPPy

M Maric, R Thomas, J Nunez-Iglesias… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
Whilst substantial progress has been made in understanding the influence that hydrides
have on the mechanical properties of zirconium alloys, there is currently an urgent need for …