Environmentally assisted cracking of Alloy 600 in air at 550 degrees C andin pressurised water reactor primary water

Authors
Gourgues, AF Andrieu, E
Citation
Af. Gourgues et E. Andrieu, Environmentally assisted cracking of Alloy 600 in air at 550 degrees C andin pressurised water reactor primary water, ANN CHIM-SC, 24(4-5), 1999, pp. 321-328
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
ANNALES DE CHIMIE-SCIENCE DES MATERIAUX
ISSN journal
01519107 → ACNP
Volume
24
Issue
4-5
Year of publication
1999
Pages
321 - 328
Database
ISI
SICI code
0151-9107(199904/05)24:4-5<321:EACOA6>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Intergranular crack propagation in Alloy 600 tested at 550 degrees C in an air environment has been attributed to an interaction between the mechanica l properties and the oxidation behaviour of the material. This mechanism co uld possibly also act at lower temperature (400 degrees C) and even in the primary water of pressurised water reactors at 320 degrees C.