Identification and characterization of a new zirconium hydride
Zirconium alloys are currently used in nuclear power plants where they are susceptible to hydrogen pick-up. Hydride precipitation may occur when the hydrogen solubility limit is reached. Various Zr hydride phases, γ, δ and ε have been identified since the 1950s. Combining electron precession microdi...
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Published in | Journal of microscopy (Oxford) Vol. 232; no. 3; pp. 410 - 421 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Oxford, UK
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
01.12.2008
Wiley |
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Summary: | Zirconium alloys are currently used in nuclear power plants where they are susceptible to hydrogen pick-up. Hydride precipitation may occur when the hydrogen solubility limit is reached. Various Zr hydride phases, γ, δ and ε have been identified since the 1950s. Combining electron precession microdiffraction, electron energy loss spectroscopy and ab initio electronic calculations, a new Zr hydride named ζ has been identified and characterized. It belongs to the trigonal crystal system with space group P3 m1 and it is fully coherent with the αZr matrix. |
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Bibliography: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2818.2008.02136.x ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 ObjectType-Article-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 |
ISSN: | 0022-2720 1365-2818 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2008.02136.x |