Corrosion of F/M steels and austenitic steels in Pb-Mg at different temperatures

Li Zhao; Hongpeng Zhang; Xudong Liu; Zhiguang Wang; Hushan Xu; Cunfeng Yao

Nuclear Materials and Energy (Sep 2024)

Corrosion of F/M steels and austenitic steels in Pb-Mg at different temperatures

Li Zhao,
Hongpeng Zhang,
Xudong Liu,
Zhiguang Wang,
Hushan Xu,
Cunfeng Yao

Affiliations

Li Zhao: Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China; School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Hongpeng Zhang: Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China; School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory, Huizhou 516000, China; Huizhou Research Center for Advanced Energy and Materials, Huizhou 516000, China; Corresponding authors.
Xudong Liu: Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China; School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory, Huizhou 516000, China; Huizhou Research Center for Advanced Energy and Materials, Huizhou 516000, China
Zhiguang Wang: Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China; School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory, Huizhou 516000, China; Huizhou Research Center for Advanced Energy and Materials, Huizhou 516000, China
Hushan Xu: Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China; School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory, Huizhou 516000, China; Huizhou Research Center for Advanced Energy and Materials, Huizhou 516000, China
Cunfeng Yao: Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China; School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory, Huizhou 516000, China; Huizhou Research Center for Advanced Energy and Materials, Huizhou 516000, China; Corresponding authors.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 40
p. 101705

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Pb83Mg17 is expected to be a potential coolant for lead cooled fast reactors because of its less toxic radioactive products and possible acceptable corrosion rate without additional oxygen control in comparison with LBE. In order to evaluate the compatibility of structural steels and Pb-Mg, two F/M steels (SIMP, T91) and two austenitic steels (316L, 15-15Ti) were tested in Pb-Mg at 350, 450 and 550 °C with exposure time ranging from 100 h to 2000 h in this work. Compared with the slight corrosion or no obvious corrosion of F/M steels, austenitic steels have suffered very serious dissolution corrosion which is significantly influenced by temperature and exposure time. The corrosion rate of austenitic steels is controlled by dissolution or diffusion mechanism at different temperatures.

Published in Nuclear Materials and Energy

ISSN: 2352-1791 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering: Nuclear engineering. Atomic power
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/nuclear-materials-and-energy/

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