Abstract
SIMP steel was newly developed as a candidate structural material for the accelerator driven subcritical system. The serious decarburization of SIMP steel because of the high Si content was used to successfully form a self-growing TiC coating on the surface, after the Ti deposition as a first step. This TiC layer can effectively protect the surface from the static liquid lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE) corrosion at 600 °C up to 2000 h in the low oxygen LBE. However, in the oxygen saturated LBE, the TiC coating is oxidized into porous TiO2 after only 500 h and fails to protect. Therefore, the self-growing TiC coating is desired only when the oxygen content of LBE is strictly controlled on a low level.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1204-1212 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Materials and Corrosion |
Volume | 67 |
Issue number | 11 |
Early online date | 06 Jul 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 02 Nov 2016 |
Keywords
- LBE
- self-growing
- SIMP steel
- TiC coating