Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5454259 Journal of Nuclear Materials 2017 9 Pages PDF
Abstract
The effect of dissolved hydrogen (DH) on the general corrosion behavior and oxide films of Alloy 690TT is investigated in simulated primary water at 330 °C. With increasing DH, the structure of oxide film significantly changed and the corrosion rate decreased. At DH = 5 cm3/kg H2O, the oxide layer was thick, and consisted of outer Ni oxide layer and inner Cr2O3 layer. Under the conditions of DH = 35 and 100 cm3/kg H2O, the oxide films grew thinner and composed of outer polyhedral spinel oxide particles such as NiCr2O4 or NiCrFeO4 and an intermediate metallic Ni-rich layer, with inner Cr2O3 layer. The general corrosion rate significantly decreased by about 72% as DH concentration increased from 5 to 35 cm3/kg H2O. In the range of 35-65 cm3/kg H2O, the corrosion rate slightly decreased with increasing DH concentration. However, no further changes were observed in the range of 65-100 cm3/kg H2O.
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