Open AccessZIRCONIUM HIGHLIGHTS
Author(s) -
Not Given Author
Publication year - 1960
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/4186266
Subject(s) - zirconium , creep , materials science , zirconium alloy , stress (linguistics) , metallurgy , atmosphere (unit) , helium , composite material , physics , thermodynamics , atomic physics , linguistics , philosophy
The testing of Zircaloy at various stages of processing by ultrasonic techniques is described A study was made to determine the feasibility of substituting ammonium bifluorlde for the liquid hydrofluoric acid generally used in the etching processes required for the fabrication of Zircaloy fuel coniponents The addition of B to Zr results in a very strong alloy however. they show little proniise for being ductile. Zirconium-boron alloys can be hot forged Boron is very detrimental to the oxidation behavior of Zircaloy-2. (W.L.H.