A step towards a better understanding of corrosion of zirconium in nitric acid with additions of fluorine: Focus on the role of the presence of an initial oxide film

Effect of GO‐TiO2 to waterborne epoxy resin on microstructure and anti‐corrosion properties

“…Statistically, the global annual loss due to corrosion is as high as 1.4–2.2 trillion USD and the weight of scrapped steel and iron products due to corrosion is equivalent to 1/3 of the steel and iron production. The corrosion investigation report of the Chinese Academy of Engineering shows that, in 2016, the economic loss caused by corrosion in China reached 2.13 trillion Chinese Yuan, accounting for 3.34% of the annual GDP 5–8 . Corrosion causes huge economical losses and is also responsible for common catastrophic failures and accidents, such as leakage, explosion and collapse.…”

“…The corrosion investigation report of the Chinese Academy of Engineering shows that, in 2016, the economic loss caused by corrosion in China reached 2.13 trillion Chinese Yuan, accounting for 3.34% of the annual GDP. [5][6][7][8] Corrosion causes huge economical losses and is also responsible for common catastrophic failures and accidents, such as leakage, explosion and collapse. Therefore, improving the corrosion resistance of different metals and alloys is of great economic significance.…”

Strain rate susceptibility of stress corrosion cracking for commercial Zr702 used in spent nuclear fuel reprocessing

“…However, one of the most concerns for zirconium alloys in SNF reprocessing applications is their stress corrosion cracking (SCC) resistance [8]. Researchers have proven that Zr702 would experience brittle fracture in concentrated nitric acid solutions at boiling point or even at lower temperatures [9]. Our previous research [10] has demonstrated that the acid concentration plays vital role in SCC behaviour of commercial Zr702 at boiling point.…”