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The Phase Transitions Behavior during Hydrogenation and Defect Structure Investigation in an E110 Zirconium Alloy with a Hydride Rim

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In this work, we have investigated the defect structure of an E110 zirconium alloy after saturation with hydrogen by means of the layer-by-layer system analysis. A series of experiments were intended to create a hydride rim in zirconium alloy cladding tubes. To determine the distribution of a hydrogen gradient and the thickness of hydrides in zirconium alloy samples, a layer-by-layer positron spectroscopy system was developed. The results from the developed positron annihilation method are well consistent with the results from nanohardness indentation and glow discharge optical emission spectroscopy (GD-OES). We can draw a conclusion that the use of nickel-plating on the zirconium alloy surface increases the rate of hydrogen entering the surface, which produces a hydride rim with a thickness of about 150 µm on the outer surface of the E110 alloy. This work allowed us to develop a methodology for studying the defective structure of alloys in the field of nuclear energy.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

High-temperature synchrotron X-ray diffraction investigations were done at the Shared Research Center "Siberian Synchrotron and Terahertz Radiation Center" on the basis of Novosibirsk Free Electron Laser at the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences.

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This research was funded by the Governmental Program, Grant no. FSWW-2023-0005.

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    M. A. Kruglyakov, K. Li, Yu. S. Bordulev, R. S. Laptev & V. N. Kudiiarov

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Kruglyakov, M.A., Li, K., Bordulev, Y.S. et al. The Phase Transitions Behavior during Hydrogenation and Defect Structure Investigation in an E110 Zirconium Alloy with a Hydride Rim. J. Surf. Investig. 17 (Suppl 1), S180–S186 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1027451023070261

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