Electroless deposition process for zirconium and zirconium alloys
Abstract
A method is disclosed for preventing stress corrosion cracking or metal embrittlement of a zirconium or zirconium alloy container that is to be coated on the inside surface with a layer of a metal such as copper, a copper alloy, nickel, or iron and used for holding nuclear fuel material as a nuclear fuel element. The zirconium material is etched in an etchant solution, desmutted mechanically or ultrasonically, oxidized to form an oxide coating on the zirconium, cleaned in an aqueous alkaline cleaning solution, activated for electroless deposition of a metal layer and contacted with an electroless metal plating solution. This method provides a boundary layer of zirconium oxide between the zirconium container and the metal layer. 1 fig.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- General Electric Co., San Jose, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 7249433
- Patent Number(s):
- 4284660
- Application Number:
- PPN: US 5-904783
- Assignee:
- General Electric Co., San Jose, CA (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- EN-77-C-02-4473
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 11 May 1978
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; FUEL ELEMENTS; FABRICATION; ZIRCONIUM; PLATING; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS; ETCHING; ZIRCONIUM OXIDES; ALLOYS; CHALCOGENIDES; DEPOSITION; ELEMENTS; METALS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; SURFACE COATING; SURFACE FINISHING; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS; 360101* - Metals & Alloys- Preparation & Fabrication; 220300 - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Fuel Elements
Citation Formats
Donaghy, R. E., and Sherman, A. H. Electroless deposition process for zirconium and zirconium alloys. United States: N. p., 1981.
Web.
Donaghy, R. E., & Sherman, A. H. Electroless deposition process for zirconium and zirconium alloys. United States.
Donaghy, R. E., and Sherman, A. H. Tue .
"Electroless deposition process for zirconium and zirconium alloys". United States.
@article{osti_7249433,
title = {Electroless deposition process for zirconium and zirconium alloys},
author = {Donaghy, R. E. and Sherman, A. H.},
abstractNote = {A method is disclosed for preventing stress corrosion cracking or metal embrittlement of a zirconium or zirconium alloy container that is to be coated on the inside surface with a layer of a metal such as copper, a copper alloy, nickel, or iron and used for holding nuclear fuel material as a nuclear fuel element. The zirconium material is etched in an etchant solution, desmutted mechanically or ultrasonically, oxidized to form an oxide coating on the zirconium, cleaned in an aqueous alkaline cleaning solution, activated for electroless deposition of a metal layer and contacted with an electroless metal plating solution. This method provides a boundary layer of zirconium oxide between the zirconium container and the metal layer. 1 fig.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 EDT 1981},
month = {Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 EDT 1981}
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