Journal
JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS
Volume 460, Issue -, Pages 160-165Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2015.02.022
Keywords
-
Funding
- Advanced Fuels Campaign of the Fuel Cycle R&D program in the Office of Nuclear Energy, US Department of Energy
Ask authors/readers for more resources
High-temperature oxidation behavior of SiC coating layer of TRISO fuel particles in 1500-1700 degrees C steam at 1 atm has been examined inside a zirconia furnace. The SiC coating layers experienced a thickness loss of less than 2.51.mu m under these conditions up to 24 h. The thickness of the oxide layer formed under these conditions was consistent with prior steam oxidation tests on high-purity bulk SiC. Upon reducing the presence volatile impurities from the test environment (particularly Al) by conducting the tests inside a zirconia furnace, melting of the silica layer at 1700 degrees C was avoided. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available