Journal
JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS
Volume 527, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.151781
Keywords
Coating; Cathodic arc; Ceramic nuclear fuel cladding; SiC; Cr; CrN; TiN
Funding
- U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy, Advanced Fuel Campaign of Nuclear Technology Research & Development program [DE-AC05-00OR22725]
- Oak Ridge National Laboratories
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SiC ceramic matrix composites are a potential replacement for current light water nuclear reactor fuel cladding material. However, loss of fission gas via micro-cracks and corrosion remain an issue. Cathodic arc Cr, CrN, and TiN coatings were deposited on SiC tubes and plates to provide hermeticity and corrosion resistance. These coatings were characterized to determine as-deposited quality. Cross-sectional microscopy, X-ray diffraction, glow discharge optical emission spectroscopy, and scratch tests were performed to evaluate the purity, structure, and mechanical performance of the coatings. Nitride coatings had stable interfaces, but larger defects in the coatings as compared to the Cr coatings which showed cracking at the interface, but less deposition-induced defects. Despite the local state of the interface, the mechanical properties of the metallic coatings versus ceramic coatings enabled the Cr coatings to resist loads three times that of the nitride coatings during scratch tests. Glow-discharge optical emission spectroscopy showed that improvement in elemental purity is needed for future coatings. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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