Influence of Mechanical Stress at High Temperatures on the Properties of Steels Intended for the Manufacture of Fuel Cladding for Generation IV Reactors

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This paper describes the testing of thin-walled tubes made of oxide dispersion-hardened steels based on yttrium oxides. Series of mechanical and metallographic tests were carried out on the steels to evaluate the basic material properties. These steels are the candidate materials for the manufacture of the fuel cladding for generation IV nuclear reactors. Mechanical tests were performed on miniature specimens of Fe-9Cr and Fe-14Cr steels at 20 °C, 500 °C, and 625 °C under vacuum. Metallographic, fractographic and EBSD analyses were used to describe microstructure and fracture mechanism of the tested materials.

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Solid State Phenomena (Volume 270)

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246-252

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November 2017

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