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The ingress of hydrogen during corrosion in service can degrade the mechanical properties of zirconium alloy nuclear fuel cladding because of the formation of brittle hydrides. The formation of these hydrides is reviewed in light of recent synchrotron radiation experimental results and phase-field modeling computational results that provide new insight on the process.
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The authors would like to acknowledge discussions with Kimberly Colas, who was primarily responsible for much of the experimental work shown in this study, and with Taewook Heo, S. Q. Shi, and X. Q. Ma on phase-field simulations of hydride precipitation. The work was partially supported by grants number DMR-0710483 and DMR-0710616 from the National Science Foundation. Usage of the Advanced Photon Source was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357.
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Motta, A.T., Chen, LQ. Hydride Formation in Zirconium Alloys. JOM 64, 1403–1408 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-012-0479-x
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