Microstructure of Zircaloy-4 alloy during β phase quenching and determination of critical quenching diameter of its rods

The corrosion resistance of zirconium alloys is closely related to the size of precipitates. β-phase quenching is the key process for controlling the precipitate size of zirconium alloy. In this study, the microstructure and the precipitates size of nuclear graded Zircaloy-4 (hereinafter called as Z...

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Main Authors: Jia Ni, Yicheng Zhao, Lian Wang, Zhihao Zhang, Jianxin Xie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-12-01
Series:Nuclear Materials and Energy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352179118300589