IMPROVED ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS. Quarterly Report, October 1, 1961 to December 31, 1961

Technical Report · Fri Jan 12 04:00:00 EST 1962

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4790724· OSTI ID:4790724

Weinstein, D.; Holtz, F. C.

The corrosion properties of ternary zirconium alloys in 650 deg F water for a duration of 2040 hr were determined. A trend evident in the resuIts was that the addition of chromium and tellurium was beneficial to corrosion resistance. All the ternary compositions tested exhibited better corrosion resistance than the binary Zr-0.5 Nb alloy. Attempts to produce electron-beam refined materials with a precipitate-free microstructure were unsuccessful. This electron-beam melted material had slightly less corrosion resistance than sponge or iodide zirconium in 680 deg F water for 336 hr. (M.C.G.)

• Research Organization: Illinois Inst. of Tech., Chicago. Armour Research Foundation
• NSA Number: NSA-16-016674
• OSTI ID: 4790724
• Report Number(s): ARF-2198-24; EURAEC-262
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CHROMIUM ALLOYS
CORROSION
ELECTRON BEAMS
HIGH TEMPERATURE
IMPURITIES
LATTICES
MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
MAGNETISM
MEASURED VALUES
METALS, CERAMICS, AND OTHER MATERIALS
NIOBIUM ALLOYS
PREPARATION
REDUCTION
SOLUTIONS
STABILITY
SULFURIC ACID
SUSCEPTIBILITY
TELLURIDES
URANIUM DIOXIDE
URANIUM OXIDES
WATER
ZIRCONIUM
ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS
ZIRCONIUM IODIDES