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Quantitative caesium and silver depth-profiles in hightemperature molybdenum- and nickel-base alloys

Quantitative Cäsium- und Silber-Tiefenprofile in Hochtemperatur-Molybdän- und Nickel-basis-Legierungen

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In order to study the diffusion behaviour of caesium and silver in the technical high-temperature alloys Nimocast 713 LC, Nimonic 86, Inconel 625 and TZM, corresponding samples with polished surfaces were vacuum annealed between 700 and 1050° C for times between 170 and 5500 hr at Cs and Ag partial pressures of 10−6 mm Hg respectively. Post-exposure ion-microprobe mass analysis (IMMA) of a series of such samples, resulted in layer-stripping by sputtering and multielement depth profiles. The data were interpreted quantitatively with a physical model called the local thermodynamic equilibrium (LTE) model, and in some cases with the aid ofγ-spectroscopy with use of radioactive tracing materials. The results are discussed in terms of a comparison between the two approaches, and the quantitative concentration profiles are being used in a study of the diffusion behaviour in such systems. Good agreement with existing Cs diffusion data in pure nickel or molybdenum has been achieved.

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Wir untersuchten das Diffusionsverhalten von Cäsium und Silber in den technischen Hochtemperatur-Werkstoffen Nimocast 713 LC, Nimonic 86, Inconel 625 und TZM. Proben mit polierten Oberflächen wurden zwischen 700 und 1050° C im Vakuum während 170 bis 5500 h bei einem Csund Ag-Partialdruck von 10−6 Torr beladen. SIMS Nachfolgeexperimente mittels einer Ionenmikrosonde wurden an einer großen Anzahl solcher Proben ausgeführt. Dabei wurden die Multielement-Tiefenprofile in quantitative Konzentrations-Tiefenprofile transformiert unter Zuhilfenahme des LTE-(Local-Thermodynamic-Equilibrium)-Modelles von Anderson und Hinthorn. An einigen Proben wurden auchγ-spektroskopische Konzentrationsbestimmungen von radioaktivem, eindiffundiertem Cäsium mit den SIMS-Mes-sungen verglichen. Die quantitativen Konzentrations-Profile wurden mit einem einfachen Diffusionsmodell korreliert, wobei gute Übereinstimmung der Cs-Diffusionsparameter mit jenen in elementarem Nickel bzw. Molybdän gefunden wurde.

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Dedicated to Prof. Dr. Hanns Malissa on the occasion of his 60th birthday.

This work was performed as part of the development programme for a nuclear power station with a high-temperature reactor and high-power helium turbine, carried out in collaboration with the following firms: Brown, Bovery & Cie. AG, Hochtemperatur-Reaktorbau, Kernforschungsanlage Jülich, NUKEM GmbH, Swiss Federal Intsitute for Reactor Research and other Swiss partners.

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Gras, D.J., Limon, A., Waeber, W.B. et al. Quantitative caesium and silver depth-profiles in hightemperature molybdenum- and nickel-base alloys. Mikrochim Acta 77, 85–95 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01196759

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