Mechanical behavior and structure of advanced Fe-Cr-Al alloy weldments

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Abstract

FeCrAl alloys are promising for developing accident tolerant nuclear fuel claddings. These alloys showed good environmental compatibility and oxidation resistance in elevated-temperature water and steam, as well as low radiation-induced swelling. However, FeCrAl alloys may suffer from several degradation mechanisms, one of which may be a susceptibility to cracking during welding. Here, a set of advanced modified FeCrAl alloys were designed and produced by varying Al-content and employing additions of Nb and TiC. Strength, ductility, and deformation hardening behavior of the advanced FeCrAl alloys and their weldments are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 18th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems – Water Reactors
EditorsMichael Wright, Denise Paraventi, John H. Jackson
PublisherSpringer International Publishing
Pages201-214
Number of pages14
ISBN (Print)9783319684536
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018
Event18th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems - Water Reactors, 2017 - Portland, United States
Duration: Aug 13 2017Aug 17 2017

Publication series

NameMinerals, Metals and Materials Series
VolumePart F11
ISSN (Print)2367-1181
ISSN (Electronic)2367-1696

Conference

Conference18th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems - Water Reactors, 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPortland
Period08/13/1708/17/17

Funding

This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC, under Contract No. DE-AC0500OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy. The United States Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for the United States Government purposes. The Department of Energy will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan). Acknowledgements This research was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy, for the Nuclear Energy Enabling Technologies (NEET) program for the Reactor Materials effort. This report was authored by UT-Battelle, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy. Authors would like to thank Dr. L. Tan (ORNL) for fruitful discussion of the results and S. Crawford (ORNL) for valuable help in manuscript preparation.

FundersFunder number
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Nuclear Energy
Nuclear Energy Enabling TechnologiesDE-AC05-00OR22725

    Keywords

    • Digital image correlation
    • EBSD
    • FeCrAl alloys
    • Laser-beam welding

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