Elevated temperature tribology of Ni alloys under helium environment for nuclear reactor applications

Rahman, Md Saifur; Ding, Jie; Beheshti, Ali; Zhang, Xinghang; Polycarpou, Andreas A.

doi:10.1016/j.triboint.2018.03.021

Elevated temperature tribology of Ni alloys under helium environment for nuclear reactor applications

Journal Article · Fri Mar 23 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Tribology International

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2018.03.021· OSTI ID:1580558

Rahman, Md Saifur ^[1]; Ding, Jie ^[2]; Beheshti, Ali ^[3]; Zhang, Xinghang ^[2]; Polycarpou, Andreas A. ^[4]

Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States); Texas A&M University
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA (United States)
Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)

The current study investigates the friction and wear behavior of two primary candidate materials, Inconel 617 and alloy 800HT for high-temperature gas cooled nuclear reactors/very-high-temperature reactors. Using a custom-built high temperature tribometer, helium cooled reactor environment was simulated at room and 800 °C temperatures. Microscopy and chemical analyses were carried out to explain the tribological performance of the alloys. At elevated temperatures, both alloys show higher friction in helium, compared to air environment. Both alloys exhibit high wear resistance in all experimental conditions, except at high temperature helium environment. In conclusion, the formation of glazed and mechanically mixed layers of oxides were found to be important causes for the lower friction and wear in high temperature air atmosphere.

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Research Organization:: Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)

Grant/Contract Number:: NE0008549

OSTI ID:: 1580558

Journal Information:: Tribology International, Journal Name: Tribology International Journal Issue: C Vol. 123; ISSN 0301-679X

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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