Zirconium alloy for nuclear reactor

A nuclear reactor and zirconium alloy technology, which is applied in the field of zirconium alloy materials, can solve problems such as unsatisfactory requirements, and achieve the effects of improving corrosion resistance, improving safety and efficiency, and excellent corrosion resistance

Active Publication Date: 2011-11-23
SUZHOU NUCLEAR POWER RES INST +1
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At present, the most mature and widely used zirconium alloys are called Zr-2 and Zr-4 alloys. However, with the development of nuclear fuel assemblies in the direction of long life and high burnup, zirconium alloys as reactor structural materials must be It has better comprehensive properties such as corrosion resistance, creep resistance, and radiation growth resistance. At this point, Zr-2 and Zr-4 alloys can no longer meet the requirements

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[0011] The present invention will be further described below in conjunction with specific examples, but the present invention is not limited to the following examples.

[0012] Use nuclear grade sponge zirconium, Nb, Sn, Fe, Cu, Cr, and V elements in the form of master alloys according to mass percentage, and use vacuum consumable electric arc furnace for multiple melting to make alloy ingots; ingot sampling Chemical composition analysis, the alloy composition is shown in Table 1. Zirconium alloy plates of corresponding composition were produced through forging, quenching, hot rolling, cold rolling, annealing and other processes in the ingot, and prepared into corrosion samples for autoclave corrosion performance test, and some zirconium alloy plates were made into samples for tensile performance test.

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The invention discloses a zirconium alloy for a nuclear reactor. Based on the total weight of the zirconium alloy, the zirconium alloy comprises the following components: 0.1 to 0.2 percent of Nb, 0.7 to 0.8 percent of Sn, 0.3 to 0.4 percent of Fe, 0.05 to 0.25 percent of Cu, 0.01 to 0.1 percent of V, 0.05 or 0.15 percent of Cr, 0.06 to 0.14 percent of O, less than or equal to 100 ppm of C, less than or equal to 80 ppm of N and the balance of Zr. The zirconium alloy disclosed by the invention has high corrosion resistance in high-temperature steam at 400 and high-temperature steam at 427 DEG C and has high yield strength and breaking strength at room temperature; therefore, the safety and efficiency of a nuclear fuel assembly are improved, and the zirconium alloy meets the requirements ofcan materials of a nuclear reactor.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of zirconium alloy materials, in particular to a zirconium alloy material for nuclear reactors. Background technique [0002] The thermal neutron absorption cross section of zirconium is very small, and has good high temperature water corrosion resistance and mechanical properties, so zirconium alloys are widely used as cladding materials for fuel rods and structural elements of nuclear reactor cores in water-cooled nuclear reactors. With the development of nuclear power reactor technology in the direction of increasing fuel consumption, reducing fuel cycle costs, increasing reactor thermal efficiency, and improving safety and reliability, the corrosion resistance, hydrogen absorption performance, and Higher requirements are put forward for mechanical properties and radiation dimensional stability. Creep and fatigue will occur in fuel elements under service conditions (irradiation, high temperature, high pressure and...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): C22C16/00G21C3/07
CPCY02E30/40Y02E30/30
Inventor 翁立奎王荣山张晏玮王锦红耿建桥
Owner SUZHOU NUCLEAR POWER RES INST
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