COMPOSITIONAL FACTORS AFFECTING CORROSION RESISTANCE OF ZIRCONIUM IN HIGH-TEMPERATURE WATER AND STEAM

摘要

An attempt was made to correlate the composition and structure of a number of sponge zirconium alloys uith their corrosion resistance in hotualer and steam.nIncreasing the carbon content of the sponge and crystal-bar melting stocks above their original value of 0.02 tc/o lou.ered corrosion resistance Raising the nitrogen content at a given carbon content increased the rate of attach, but not over that normally associated with high nitrogen levels.