scholarly journals Neutron irradiation of alloy N and 316L stainless steel in contact with a molten chloride salt

Author(s):  
N. Dianne Bull Ezell ◽  
Stephen S. Raiman ◽  
J. Matt Kurley ◽  
Joel McDuffee
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Dianne Bull Ezell ◽  
Stephen Raiman ◽  
J Matthew Kurley ◽  
Joel McDuffee

Capsules containing NaCl-MgCl2 salt with 316L stainless steel or alloy N samples were irradiated in the Ohio State University Research Reactor for 21 non-consecutive hours. A custom irradiation vessel was designed for this purpose, and details on its design and construction are given. Stainless steel samples that were irradiated during exposure had less corrosive attack than samples exposed to the same conditions without irradiation. Alloy N samples showed no significant effect of irradiation. This work shows a method for conducting in-reactor irradiation-corrosion experiments in static molten salts, and presents preliminary data showing that neutron irradiation may decelerate corrosion of alloys in molten chloride salts.


2021 ◽  
Vol 191 ◽  
pp. 109784
Author(s):  
Xiaoli Li ◽  
Litao Chang ◽  
Chengpeng Liu ◽  
Bin Leng ◽  
Xiangxi Ye ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jisue Moon ◽  
Carter Abney ◽  
Dmitriy Dolzhnikov ◽  
James M. Kurley ◽  
Kevin A. Beyer ◽  
...  

The local structure of dilute CrCl<sub>3</sub> in a molten MgCl<sub>2</sub>:KCl salt was investigated by <i>in situ</i> x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) at temperatures from room temperature to 800<sup>o</sup>C. This constitutes the first experiment where dilute Cr speciation is explored in a molten chloride salt, ostensibly due to the compounding challenges arising from a low Cr concentration in a matrix of heavy absorbers at extreme temperatures. CrCl<sub>3</sub> was confirmed to be the stable species between 200 and 500<sup>o</sup>C, while mobility of metal ions at higher temperature (>700<sup>o</sup>C) prevented confirmation of the local structure.


Author(s):  
Gustavo Nuernberg ◽  
Grégori Rosinski ◽  
Priscila Gonçalves ◽  
Marcus Mortean ◽  
Regis Henrique Goncalves e Silva ◽  
...  

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