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The effect of cooling rate and grain size on hydride microstructure in Zircaloy-4

Abstract:
We explore the distribution, morphology and structure of zirconium hydrides formed using different cooling rates through the solid state Zr+[H] → Zr + hydride transus, in fine and blocky alpha Zircaloy-4. We observe that cooling rate and grain size control the phase and distribution of hydrides formed. The blocky alpha (coarse grain, > 200 μm) Zircaloy-4, has a smaller grain boundary area to grain volume ratio and this significantly affects nucleation and growth of hydrides as compared to fine grain size (∼11 μm) material.
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10.1016/j.jnucmat.2018.11.011

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University of Oxford
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MPLS
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Materials
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0000-0001-5343-9365
Publisher:
Elsevier Publisher's website
Journal:
Journal of Nuclear Materials Journal website
Volume:
513
Pages:
221-225
Publication date:
2018-11-08
Acceptance date:
2018-11-07
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1873-4820
ISSN:
0022-3115
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English
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pubs:899076
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uuid:23d7ba6a-cdd3-480f-aeaa-286e5347a858
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899076
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2019-02-07

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