Influence of Interlayer Macrostress on Oxidation of Shell Tubes from Zr-Based Alloys

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Shell tubes from Zr-based alloys are responsible construction elements of atomic reactors. Under exploitation these tubes undergo to oxidation, which can become a reason for their cracking. Inevitable texture layering arises by rolling of tubes due to different values of the Q-factor, calculated for inside and outside tube layers. Therefore these layers are characterized by different texture Kearns parameters and, correspondingly, by different thermal expansion. As a result, tensile tangential macrostress operates between layers and oxygen diffusion into tube intensifies.

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