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In Situ Hydrogen Loading on Zirconium Powder
Malmö högskola, Faculty of Technology and Society (TS).
Malmö högskola, Faculty of Technology and Society (TS).
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2015 (English)In: Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, ISSN 0909-0495, E-ISSN 1600-5775, Vol. 22, no 4, p. 995-1000Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

For the first time, various hydride phases in a zirconium-hydrogen system have been prepared in a high-energy synchrotron X-ray radiation beamline and their transformation behaviour has been studied in situ. First, the formation and dissolution of hydrides in commercially pure zirconium powder were monitored in real time during hydrogenation and dehydrogenation, then whole pattern crystal structure analysis such as Rietveld and Pawley refinements were performed. All commonly reported low-pressure phases presented in the Zr-H phase diagram are obtained from a single experimental arrangement.

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International Union of Crystallography , 2015. Vol. 22, no 4, p. 995-1000
Keywords [en]
zirconium hydride, synchrotron X-ray diffraction, in situ hydrogen charging, hydrogen-induced degradation, phase transformation
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-2727DOI: 10.1107/S1600577515009054ISI: 000357407900015PubMedID: 26134803Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84937400779Local ID: 19743OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-2727DiVA, id: diva2:1399490
Available from: 2020-02-27 Created: 2020-02-27 Last updated: 2024-02-05Bibliographically approved
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1. Phase transformation and stability studies of the Zr-H system
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Phase transformation and stability studies of the Zr-H system
2015 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
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Zirconium alloys are widely used in the nuclear industry because of their high strength, good corrosion resistance and low neutron absorption cross-section. Zirconium has a strong affinity for hydrogen, however, and if hydrogen concentration builds up, the material will gradually degrade. In one class of such hydrogen caused degradation, called hydride induced embrittlement, hydrogen chemically reacts with zirconium forming one, or several, crystal phases of zirconium hydride. These hydrides play a primary, but sometime not fully understood, role in crack initiation and propagation within these materials. Despite the fact that hydride induced embrittlement in zirconium have been studied for several decades, there are still some unresolved issues. It has been the aim of the research presented in this thesis to provide the research community with new and updated data of the hydrides themselves in order to aid further studies within the field of hydride induced embrittlement in general, and the mechanism of delayed hydride cracking in particular. To that end, the research presented here proceeded, in short, as follows: First, zirconium hydride powder, of well defined hydrogen concentration, was produced from commercial grade zirconium. This powder was subjected to heat treatment and the hydride phases were characterized both in situ and ex situ using neutron, synchrotron X-ray, and conventional laboratory X-ray based diffraction techniques. Next, most of the low-pressure zirconium hydride phases were produced under hydrogen/argon atmosphere from commercial grade zirconium powder. This process was simultaneously monitored and recorded in real time using synchrotron X-ray diffraction. These experiments have produced new data of the behavior of different hydride phases during thermal treatment and in situ hydrogenation. For the first time all commonly reported zirconium hydride phases and the complete transformation between two different hydride phases were recorded with a single experimental arrangement. The phase transformation between δ and ε zirconium hydride was recorded in detail and presented. Finally, the controversial γ zirconium hydride was observed both in situ and ex situ and the preparation route, its crystal structure, and formation mechanisms were analyzed and presented.

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Institute for Educational Sciences, Lund University, Sweden, 2015. p. 65
Keywords
Zirconium hydride, synchrotron X-ray diffraction, Nuclear materials, phase transformation, in-situ hydrogen charging, hydrogen related degradation, neutron diffraction, powder diffraction, Rietveld analysis, γ-ZrH, hydrogen embrittlement
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Natural Sciences
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urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-7770 (URN)19765 (Local ID)978-91-7623-552-2 (ISBN)978-91-7623-553-9 (ISBN)19765 (Archive number)19765 (OAI)
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2015-12-03, M:E LTH, Lund University, Lund, 10:15 (English)
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Paper III in thesis as manuscript with title "The phase transformation between the δ and ε Zr hydrides"

Available from: 2020-02-28 Created: 2020-02-28 Last updated: 2024-03-15Bibliographically approved

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