Transmission electron microscopy study of complex oxide scales on DIN 1.4970 steel exposed to liquid Pb-Bi eutectic

E. Charalampopoulou; R. Delville; M. Verwerft; K. Lambrinou; D. Schryvers

doi:10.1016/j.corsci.2018.10.018

Transmission electron microscopy study of complex oxide scales on DIN 1.4970 steel exposed to liquid Pb-Bi eutectic

E. Charalampopoulou, R. Delville, M. Verwerft, K. Lambrinou, D. Schryvers

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The deployment of Gen-IV lead-cooled fast reactors requires a good compatibility between the selected structural/cladding steels and the inherently corrosive heavy liquid metal coolant. An effective liquid metal corrosion mitigation strategy involves the in-situ steel passivation in contact with the oxygen-containing Pb-alloy coolant. Transmission electron microscopy was used in this work to study the multi-layered oxide scales forming on an austenitic stainless steel fuel cladding exposed to oxygen-containing (C_O ≈ 10⁻⁶ mass%) static liquid lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE) for 1000 h between 400 and 500 °C. The oxide scale constituents were analyzed, including the intertwined phases comprising the innermost biphasic layer.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	22-31
Number of pages	10
Journal	Corrosion Science
Volume	147
Early online date	31 Oct 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2018.10.018
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2019
Externally published	Yes

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