Journal
JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS
Volume 493, Issue -, Pages 40-52Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.05.042
Keywords
Stainless steel; Radiation; Irradiation effects; Radiolysis; Passivity; Passive films; Raman spectroscopy; Pourbaix diagram
Funding
- DOE-NEUP [DE-AC07-05ID14517]
- EDF [8610-BVW-4300243004]
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316L stainless steel samples were irradiated with a proton beam while simultaneously exposed to high temperature water with hydrogen (320 degrees C, 3 wppm H-2, neutral pH) to study the effect of radiation on corrosion. The inner oxides on irradiated samples were found to be depleted in chromium when compared to the inner oxides on unirradiated samples exposed to the same conditions. Additionally, hematite was found on the oxide surfaces of irradiated samples, but not on unirradiated samples. Sample areas which were not directly irradiated but were exposed to the flow of irradiated water also exhibited chromium-deficient inner oxides and had hematite on their surfaces, so it is concluded that water radiolysis is the primary driver of both effects. Thermodynamic calculations and radiolysis modeling were used to show that radiolytic production of hydrogen peroxide was sufficient to raise corrosion potential high enough to cause the dissolution of chromium-rich spinel oxides which make up the inner oxide layer on stainless steel in high temperature water. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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