Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7990783 | Journal of Alloys and Compounds | 2018 | 29 Pages |
Abstract
The oxidation kinetics of a uranium surface treated by pulsed laser nitriding was studied using reflectance spectroscopy. The growth of the oxide thickness generally followed a parabolic growth model for the nitrided uranium with pure O2, which agreed with the diffusion barrier model. The activation energy was 98â¯kJ/mol and was obtained by monitoring the oxide growth in the temperature range 400-460â¯K. As a comparison, the growth of the oxide thickness of untreated uranium was also monitored, which indicated that the nitriding treatment improved the corrosion resistance of uranium. This may be due to the formation of UNO compounds on the surface of nitrided uranium after oxidation, which can resist the diffusion of oxygen ions into the inner layer.
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Authors
Haibo Li, Huoping Zhong, Yuejiao Gu, Guangfeng Zhang, Gan Li, Yongbin Zhang, Ping Zhou, Yin Hu, Kezhao Liu,