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Evaluation of the Compatibility of Aluminide Coatings in High-Temperature Sodium for Fast Reactor Application

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Nickel and iron aluminide coatings were identified as possible candidates for hardfacing materials in Sodium Fast Reactors. Both coatings were developed on two steel grades of interest for the next French Sodium Fast Reactor prototype, 316L(N) and T91. Pack cementation and slurry were employed as aluminization processes. The compatibility of all coatings with purified Na was evaluated at 550 °C for exposure times up to 4250 h. All coatings evidenced high chemical stability in Na even though Na penetration and slow coating dissolution could be evidenced. The penetration depth of Na was observed to depend on the coating nature induced by the deposition process.

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The authors are very grateful to the working group NEEDS and CEA for their financial support and to M. Tabarant for performing the GDOES analyses.

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  1. Den-Service de la Corrosion et du Comportement des Matériaux dans leur Environnement (SCCME), CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

    Fabien Rouillard, Jean-Louis Courouau & Brigitte Duprey

  2. Institut Jean Lamour, CNRS UMR 7198, Université de Lorraine, 54500, Vandoeuvre Les Nancy, France

    Stéphane Mathieu, Michel Vilasi & Younes Bouizi

  3. LaSIE, CNRS UMR 7356, Université La Rochelle, 17000, La Rochelle, France

    Germain Boissonnet & Fernando Pedraza

  4. Unité Matériaux et Transformations, UMR CNRS INRA ENSCL, Université Lille 1, 59650, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France

    Ingrid Proriol-Serre

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Rouillard, F., Courouau, JL., Duprey, B. et al. Evaluation of the Compatibility of Aluminide Coatings in High-Temperature Sodium for Fast Reactor Application. Oxid Met 88, 221–233 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11085-016-9689-x

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