Environment-Induced Degradation and Crack-Growth Studies of Candidate Target Materials

Authors

Ajit K. Roy, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Annual Report

Publication Date

2005

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Publisher Location

Las Vegas (Nev.)

First page number:

12

Last page number:

13

Abstract

The primary objective of this task was to evaluate the effects of environmental and mechanical parameters on environment induced degradations of candidate target structural materials for applications in spallation-neutron-target systems. The materials selected for evaluation and characterization were martensitic stainless steels including Alloys HT-9, EP-823, and 422.

Accelerator-driven transmutation systems involve bombarding a target material such as molten lead-bismuth-eutectic (LBE) by a proton beam, thereby producing neutrons. The molten LBE target will be contained in a subsystem structural container made of a suitable material such as Alloys HT-9, EP-823, and 422. During the transmutation process, the target structural material may become susceptible to different types of environment-induced degradations such as stress corrosion cracking (SCC), hydrogen embrittlement (HE), and localized (pitting and crevice) corrosion. While the performance of these candidate materials in the presence of a molten LBE is yet to be evaluated, substantial work has been performed in this task to evaluate the corrosion behavior of these alloys in aqueous environments of interest. These baseline data can eventually be utilized to compare them to those yet to be generated in the molten LBE environment.

Keywords

Eutectic alloys; Hydrogen; Lead-bismuth alloys; Lead-bismuth eutectic; Martensitic stainless steel – Cracking; Materials – Cracking; Metals — Effect of high temperatures on; Particle accelerators; Radioactive wastes — Transmutation; Spallation (Nuclear physics); Stress corrosion; Tritium

Controlled Subject

Eutectic alloys; Materials--Cracking; Radioactive wastes--Transmutation

Disciplines

Materials Chemistry | Materials Science and Engineering | Metallurgy | Nuclear Engineering | Oil, Gas, and Energy

File Format

pdf

File Size

164 KB

Language

English

Rights

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Repository Citation

Roy, A. K. (2005). Environment-Induced Degradation and Crack-Growth Studies of Candidate Target Materials. 12-13.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/hrc_trp_sciences_materials/52