Corrosion-cracking resistance of austenitic stainless steel under stress in an iodine medium

Kiselevskii, V. N.; Ковалев, В. В.; Neklyudov, I. M.; Ozhigov, L. S.

doi:10.1007/bf00774631

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“…The SCC of zirconium alloys used for nuclear power reactor fuel cladding in iodine, a byproduct of the uranium fission reaction, is a well-documented problem (Cox, 1972;Wood, 1972;Sidky, 1998). While zirconium alloys are widely used as cladding in water-cooled reactors operating at temperatures close to 300°C, studies (Lobb & Jones, 1976;Lobb & Nicholson 1976;Lobb, 1978;Kiselevskii et al, 1993) conducted at 650°C and 750°C report that iodine vapor decreases creep resistance of austenitic stainless steels, a problem relevant for fuel cladding integrity of fast and advanced cooled reactors. Likewise, I 2 and I − can be generated in aqueous homogeneous reactors, where uranium salts are dissolved in an aqueous solution that serves as moderator and coolant (Lillard, 2010).…”

Section: Scc In the Presence Of Iodides And Iodinementioning

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Localized corrosion and stress corrosion cracking of stainless steels in halides other than chlorides solutions: a review

Kappes

2019

Corrosion Reviews

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Fluorides, bromides, and iodides, despite being less common than chlorides, are present in various environments of industrial relevance. Stainless steels suffer pitting corrosion in solutions of all halides except fluorides, which can be understood considering that fluoride is the anion of a weak acid. The aggressiveness of the rest of the halides for pitting corrosion is on the order Cl− > Br− > I− for stainless steels with Mo content below 3 wt.%. Mo is not as effective in inhibiting Br− pitting corrosion as it is for inhibiting Cl− pitting corrosion. Most of those observations were rationalized based on the effect of anions on pit growth kinetics. Sensitized austenitic stainless steel suffers stress corrosion cracking (SCC) in solutions of all halides, albeit chlorides seem to be the most aggressive. Fluoride SCC is relevant for SCC under insulation of stainless steels, and standards and regulations developed to mitigate this problem consider this ion as aggressive as chloride. For the solubilized stainless steels, aggressiveness toward SCC is in the order Cl− > Br−. The SCC of solubilized stainless steels was not observed in solutions of F− and I−, and the possible reasons for this fact are discussed.

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