Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Corrosion failure of 1Kh18N9T [1Cr18Ni9Ti] steel in liquid lithium

  • Published:
Soviet materials science : a transl. of Fiziko-khimicheskaya mekhanika materialov / Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR Aims and scope

Abstract

This article describes corrosion and mechanical tests on 1Kh18N9T[lCrl8Ni9Ti] steel specimens previously held in molten lithium (of various degrees of purity) at 700, 800, and 900° C both under isothermal conditions and in the presence of concentration- and heat-induced mass transfer. The results of gravimetric, spectrographic, and metallographic analyses showed that the corrosive action of lithium on the steel studied takes the form of dissolution of steel constituents and intergranular penetration of the steel by molten lithium. The role of nitrogen and oxygen in the corrosion process was estimated and it was established that even weak currents of liquid lithium intensify its corrosive action on 1Kh18N9T steel.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. L. F. Epshtein, Corrosion in Molten Metals [in Russian], Gosenergoizdat, 1958.

  2. M. I. Chaevskii, collection: Papers on the Theory on High-Temperature Strength [in Russian], Izd. Instituta Metallurgii im. A. A. Baikova, Moscow, 1961.

    Google Scholar 

  3. Yu. F. Bychkov, A. N. Rozanov, and V. B. Rozanova, Metallurgy and Metallography of Pure Metals, Vol. II [in Russian], Atomizdat, Moscow, 1960.

    Google Scholar 

  4. V. S. Lyashenko and V. V. Zotov, “Nuclear reactor materials, ” Proceedings of the 2-nd International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, Vol. III [in Russian], Atomizdat, Moscow, 1959.

    Google Scholar 

  5. V. K. Grishin, M. G. Glazunov, A. G. Arakelov, A. V. Vol'deit, and G. S. Makedonskaya, Properties of Lithium [in Russian], Metallurgizdat, 1963.

  6. N. M. Beskorovainyi and M. G. Zuev, collection: Metallurgy and Metallography of Pure Metals, Vol. IV [in Russian], Atomizdat, Moscow, 1963.

    Google Scholar 

  7. V. V. Popovich and M. C. Goikhman, et. al., FKhMM [Soviet Materials Science], no. 1, 1967.

  8. Yu. F. Bychkov and A. N. Rozanov, collection: Metallurgy and Metallography of Pure Metals, Vol. II [in Russian], 78–92, Atomizdat, Moscow, 1960.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Physics and Mechanics, AS UkrSSR, L'vov

    M. S. Goikhman, A. M. Datsishin, I. G. Shtykalo, V. F. Shatinskii & M. I. Chaevskii

Authors
  1. M. S. Goikhman
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. A. M. Datsishin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. I. G. Shtykalo
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. V. F. Shatinskii
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. M. I. Chaevskii
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Goikhman, M.S., Datsishin, A.M., Shtykalo, I.G. et al. Corrosion failure of 1Kh18N9T [1Cr18Ni9Ti] steel in liquid lithium. Mater Sci 4, 491–494 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00721671

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00721671

Keywords

Search

Navigation