Effects of Surface Treatments on Environmentally-Assisted Cracking Susceptibility of Alloy 182 in BWR Environment

Zaiqing Que*, L. Volpe*, Aki Toivonen, M.g. Burke, Fabio Scenini, Ulla Ehrnstén

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    Abstract

    The effects of four machining surface preparations on the environmentally-assisted cracking (EAC) initiation and early crack growth were evaluated for Alloy 182 flat tapered specimens exposed to a simulated boiling water reactor (BWR) environment under constant extension rate tensile test conditions. Results showed that the apparent EAC critical threshold stress for initiation was highly dependent on the surface treatment. Detailed microstructural characterization revealed the nature of the machining-induced deformation associated with the four surface treatments. Surface treatments affected the surface oxidation during exposure in the simulated BWR environment. The machining-induced deformation structure affected the EAC initiation susceptibility.
    Original languageEnglish
    Article number109555
    JournalCorrosion Science
    Volume188
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Aug 2021
    MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

    Funding

    This project is funded by EU Horizon 2020 project MEACTOS from the EURATOM research and training programme 2014-2018 under grant agreement no. 755151 . Support from the NUGENIA Mobility Programme under the grant number of 02/MG/2020 awarded to Z.

    Keywords

    • Alloy 182
    • Characterisation
    • Environmentally-assisted cracking
    • Stress corrosion cracking
    • Surface machining

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