Approach of the Corrosion Behaviour of T91 steel in Lead or Lead-Bismuth Liquid Bath

摘要

Firstly, the present study consists in the determination of corrosion products formed at the interface between a liquid lead bath and T91 steel at the working temperatures of the nuclear ADS reactor prototype (350 and 600℃). At 350℃, a Fe_2O_3 thin layer was detected on T91 side and PbO or Bi_(25)FeO_(40) on lead side. At 600℃, the corrosion layer is mainly composed of Fe(Fe_((1-x)) CrO_x)_2O_4 spinel phase. It seemed that Bi additions in liquid lead accelerated the T91 steel corrosion kinetic. Secondly, these results led us to investigate the quaternary system Bi-Fe-O-Pb in order to investigate the formation of low melting point oxygenated compounds which could accelerate the container wear. In particular, the thermodynamic approach of the ternary subsystem Bi-Fe-O and of the isoplethal section Bi_2O_3-Fe_2O_3 was performed. This work shows that no compound melts below 792℃.