Droplet spindown in a high-temperature gas environment

The corrosion resistance of the alloys designed for precise casting Inconel 713LC and Inconel 738 in high temperature gas environment were tested. The environments during tests simulated helium coolant of advanced gas cooled reactors and high temperature carbon capture storage environment (CO2). The specimens were exposed in helium containing 500 vppm CO, 100 vppm CH4, 100 vppm H2 a 10 vppm H2O at 900 °C for 1000 hours and in CO2 at 900 °C during 200 hours. After exposure weight changes were investigated, the corrosion damage was observed by optical and electron microscope, the samples exposed in CO2 were investigated by XPS (X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy), GD-OES (Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectrometry). After exposure in helium, 2 types of scales with different composition were observed on the sample surface. The depth corrosion damage was up to 20 μm, on the alloy Inconel 738 was deep corrosion damage only local, on the alloy Inconel 713LCcontinuous. After exposure in CO2 the surface corrosion layer was compact and almost uniform, corrosion interfered up to 30 μm under the surface layer. In high temperature helium, the alloy Inconel 738 could be said to bo more corrosion resistant than Inconel 713LC. In high temperature CO2 both tested alloys performed almost the same corrosion resistance.

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Mechanism of killing of spores of Bacillus anthracis in a high-temperature gas environment, and analysis of DNA damage generated by various decontamination treatments of spores of Bacillus anthracis ,Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus thuringiensis

Journal of Applied Microbiology ◽

10.1111/jam.12421 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 116 (4) ◽

pp. 805-814 ◽

Cited By ~ 27

Author(s):

B. Setlow ◽

S. Parish ◽

P. Zhang ◽

Y.-Q. Li ◽

W.C. Neely ◽

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Keyword(s):

Dna Damage ◽

Bacillus Subtilis ◽

High Temperature ◽

Bacillus Thuringiensis ◽

Bacillus Anthracis ◽

Gas Environment ◽

High Temperature Gas

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An Environmental Wet Cell For High Voltage Electron Microscopy

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100070539 ◽

1973 ◽

Vol 31 ◽

pp. 18-19

Author(s):

N.J. Tighe ◽

H.M. Flower ◽

P.R. Swann

Keyword(s):

Electron Microscopy ◽

High Temperature ◽

Image Quality ◽

Inelastic Scattering ◽

High Voltage ◽

High Voltage Electron Microscopy ◽

Voltage Electron ◽

Environmental Cell ◽

Water Saturated ◽

High Temperature Gas

A differentially pumped environmental cell has been developed for use in the AEI EM7 million volt microscope. In the initial version the column of gas traversed by the beam was 5.5mm. This permited inclusion of a tilting hot stage in the cell for investigating high temperature gas-specimen reactions. In order to examine specimens in the wet state it was found that a pressure of approximately 400 torr of water saturated helium was needed around the specimen to prevent dehydration. Inelastic scattering by the water resulted in a sharp loss of image quality. Therefore a modified cell with an ‘airgap’ of only 1.5mm has been constructed. The shorter electron path through the gas permits examination of specimens at the necessary pressure of moist helium; the specimen can still be tilted about the side entry rod axis by ±7°C to obtain stereopairs.

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