Role of microchannels in breakaway oxidation of Zr alloy under high-temperature steam oxidation at 1000 ℃

  • Zhexin Cui
  • , Junkai Liu
  • , Pengfei Hu
  • , Jie Qiu
  • , Shijing Xie
  • , Ruizhi Meng
  • , Wenbo Liu
  • , Junqiang Lu
  • , Yanguang Cui
  • , Chong Li
  • , Guanghai Bai
  • , Dan He
  • , Di Yun

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Abstract

In the present study, to determine the mechanism of the breakaway phenomenon, high-temperature steam oxidation of zirconium alloys was carried out at 1000 ℃. Additionally, the oxide microstructures of samples were characterized using multiple techniques. The results show that the microchannels caused an undulated structure of the oxide/metal (O-M) interface, which is a function of time. Meanwhile, after breakaway oxidation, a formation mechanism of cracks, based on vacancies, was proposed according to the crack morphologies. Finally, taking the microchannels as the center, a mechanism is established to explain the high-temperature oxidation behavior of the Zr alloy.

Original languageEnglish
Article number110204
JournalCorrosion Science
Volume199
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 May 2022

Keywords

  • Breakaway oxidation
  • High-temperature steam oxidation
  • Microchannels
  • Zirconium alloy

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