Open AccessEvaluation of the Comparative Corrosion Resistance Between AKOT Ti Alloy and Ti Gr 7 Alloy
Author(s) -
Tiangan Lian
Publication year - 2005
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/878602
Subject(s) - alloy , corrosion , metallurgy , materials science , shield , titanium alloy , 6111 aluminium alloy , shields , composite material , geology , electromagnetic shielding , petrology
In its current design, the drip shields for the high-level nuclear waste containers for the Yucca Mountain repository will be mainly made using Ti Gr 7 (R52400). Ti Gr 7 is a highly corrosion resistant alloy, especially because it contains 0.15% palladium (Pd). The goal of this study was to determine whether an AKOT low-Pd (0.01%) titanium alloy would have a similar corrosion resistance than the more expensive Ti Gr 7 in environments that could be related to the performance of the drip shield. The focus of this testing program was on the susceptibility of the alloys to localized corrosion. Therefore, only artificially creviced specimens were used