Pb-Bi eutectic alloy has been receiving increasing attention as a heavy liquid metal coolant in accelerator driven systems and Generation IV fission reactors. Compatibility of structural materials with liquid PbBi eut...Pb-Bi eutectic alloy has been receiving increasing attention as a heavy liquid metal coolant in accelerator driven systems and Generation IV fission reactors. Compatibility of structural materials with liquid PbBi eutectic alloy at high temperature is one of the issues concerned. In the present study, corrosion tests of T91 steel in stagnant Pb-Bi eutectic alloy in saturated oxygen condition at 450 oC were carried out. After experiments, the thickness and compositional profile of the oxide layer on the specimen were analyzed using SEM and EDX. Analysis results show that the thickness of the oxide layer increases as the exposure time increases from 500 h to 1,000 h. The thickness of the oxide layer remains almost unchanged at 15 to 16 mm from 1,000 to 1,500 h. Formation of a thick and protective oxide layer at 450 oC prevents the penetration of liquid Pb-Bi eutectic alloy into the matrix of the T91 steel.展开更多
The tensile tests of T91 and T91Si steels at 200-450℃in air and at 350℃in oxygen-depleted liquid lead-bismuth eutectic(LBE)environment with strain rate of 1×10^(-5)-5×10^(-3)were performed.Results show tha...The tensile tests of T91 and T91Si steels at 200-450℃in air and at 350℃in oxygen-depleted liquid lead-bismuth eutectic(LBE)environment with strain rate of 1×10^(-5)-5×10^(-3)were performed.Results show that the activation energy of T91 steel is 103.45-246.76 kJ/mol and that of T91Si steel is 146.98-172.11 kJ/mol when Portevin-Le Chatelie(PLC)phenomenon occurs.The elongation reduction of T91 steel at 350℃is not specific to LBE environment,whereas the presence of LBE promotes crack initiation and propagation and affects the elongation of the material in the necking stage.With Si addition,the elongation,especially the uniform elongation at 350℃in LBE environment,improves,and the tendency toward crack propagation in T91 steel after slow tensile necking is reduced.The PLC phenomenon can be seen in both T91 and T91Si steels at high temperatures owing to the dynamic strain aging(DSA).The temperature ranges are different when DSA occurs,with 300-350℃and 250-350℃for T91 and T91Si steels,respectively.展开更多
基金financially supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program CAS under Grant No.XDA03010304the National Science Foundation of China under Grant No.91226204the Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS
文摘Pb-Bi eutectic alloy has been receiving increasing attention as a heavy liquid metal coolant in accelerator driven systems and Generation IV fission reactors. Compatibility of structural materials with liquid PbBi eutectic alloy at high temperature is one of the issues concerned. In the present study, corrosion tests of T91 steel in stagnant Pb-Bi eutectic alloy in saturated oxygen condition at 450 oC were carried out. After experiments, the thickness and compositional profile of the oxide layer on the specimen were analyzed using SEM and EDX. Analysis results show that the thickness of the oxide layer increases as the exposure time increases from 500 h to 1,000 h. The thickness of the oxide layer remains almost unchanged at 15 to 16 mm from 1,000 to 1,500 h. Formation of a thick and protective oxide layer at 450 oC prevents the penetration of liquid Pb-Bi eutectic alloy into the matrix of the T91 steel.
文摘The tensile tests of T91 and T91Si steels at 200-450℃in air and at 350℃in oxygen-depleted liquid lead-bismuth eutectic(LBE)environment with strain rate of 1×10^(-5)-5×10^(-3)were performed.Results show that the activation energy of T91 steel is 103.45-246.76 kJ/mol and that of T91Si steel is 146.98-172.11 kJ/mol when Portevin-Le Chatelie(PLC)phenomenon occurs.The elongation reduction of T91 steel at 350℃is not specific to LBE environment,whereas the presence of LBE promotes crack initiation and propagation and affects the elongation of the material in the necking stage.With Si addition,the elongation,especially the uniform elongation at 350℃in LBE environment,improves,and the tendency toward crack propagation in T91 steel after slow tensile necking is reduced.The PLC phenomenon can be seen in both T91 and T91Si steels at high temperatures owing to the dynamic strain aging(DSA).The temperature ranges are different when DSA occurs,with 300-350℃and 250-350℃for T91 and T91Si steels,respectively.
