COATED CARBON ELEMENT FOR USE IN NUCLEAR REACTORS AND THE PROCESS OF MAKING THE ELEMENT
Patent
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OSTI ID:4731590
S>This patent relates to a carbide-nitride-carbide coating for carbon bodies that are to be subjected to a high temperature nuclear reactor atmosphere, and a method of applying the same. This coating is a highly efficient diffusion barrier and protects the C body from corrosion and erosion by the reactor atmosphere. Preferably, the innermost coating is Zr carbide, the middle coatlng is Zr nitride, and the outermost coating is a mixture of Zr and Nb carbide. The nitride coating acts as a diffusion barrier, while the innermost carbide bonds the nitride to the C body and prevents deleterious reaction between the nitride and C body. The outermost carbide coating protects the nitride coating from the reactor atmosphere. (AEC)
- Research Organization:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- NSA Number:
- NSA-17-008751
- Assignee:
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Patent Number(s):
- US 3073717
- OSTI ID:
- 4731590
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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