GENERAL AND STRESS CORROSION OF HIGH NICKEL ALLOYS IN SIMULATED SUPERHEAT REACTOR ENVIRONMENT
ABS>The results of investigations on out-of-pile general and stress corrosion of type 304 stainless steel, Inconel, Incoloy, and Hastelloy-X are presented. The performance of Inconel, Incoloy, and Hastelloy-X was acceptable under conditions that caused failures with previously tested type 304 stainless steel. The cycle test produced a type failure that can occur in a superheat reactor system but has not reproduced the most general type failure experienced in the fuel cladding exposures in the SADE facility. Under certain conditions that may exist in a superheat reactor system, oxidizing chlorides (e.g., CuCl/sub 2/ and FeCl/sub 3/) attack the materials tested to varying degrees with or without the presence of stress. (P.C.H.)
- Research Organization:
- General Electric Co. Vallecitos Atomic Lab., San Jose, Calif.
- NSA Number:
- NSA-17-022112
- OSTI ID:
- 4718264
- Report Number(s):
- GEAP-4165A
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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METALS, CERAMICS, AND OTHER MATERIALS
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