The Effect of Hydrogen and Hydrides on the Integrity of Zirconium Alloy Components Delayed Hydride Cracking /

• Main Author: Puls, Manfred P. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Engineering Materials,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Nuclear energy.; Chemical engineering.; Continuum mechanics.; Nuclear engineering.; Metals.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.; Metallic Materials.; Nuclear Engineering.; Nuclear Energy.

By drawing together the current theoretical and experimental understanding of the phenomena of delayed hydride cracking (DHC) in zirconium alloys, The Effect of Hydrogen and Hydrides on the Integrity of Zirconium Alloy Components: Delayed Hydride Cracking provides a detailed explanation focusing on...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1.Introduction
• 2.Properties of Bulk Zirconium Hydrides
• 3. Hydride Phases, Orientation Relationships, Habit Planes and Morphologies
• 4. Solubility of Hydrogen
• 5. Diffusion of Hydrogen- 6. Characteristics of the Solvus
• 7. Theories of Coherent Phase Equilibrium
• 8. Experimental Results and Theoretical Interpretations of Solvus Relationships in the Zr-H System
• 9. Fracture Strength of Embedded Hydride Precipitates in Zirconium and its Alloys
• 10 Delayed Hydride Cracking – Theory and Experiment
• 11 DHC Initiation at Volumetric Flaws
• 12. Applications to CANDU Reactors.