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Chimi, Yasuhiro; Sato, Kenji*; Kasahara, Shigeki; Umehara, Ryuji*; Hanawa, Satoshi
Proceedings of Contribution of Materials Investigations and Operating Experience to Light Water NPPs' Safety, Performance and Reliability (FONTEVRAUD-9) (Internet), 10 Pages, 2018/09
To investigate the influence of Zinc (Zn) injection on primary water stress corrosion cracking (PWSCC) growth behavior, crack growth tests of 10% cold-worked Alloy 600 were performed in simulated primary water environment of pressurized water reactor (PWR) at 320C with a low-concentration (5-10 ppb) Zn injection under dissolved hydrogen (DH) conditions of 5, 30, and 50 cc/kgHO. As a result of the crack growth tests, DH-dependence of crack growth rate (CGR) showed a similar tendency to the predicted CGR based on the CGR data without Zn injection, indicating almost no effect of a low-concentration Zn injection on the crack growth behavior. Moreover, the microstructural analyses of oxide films formed inside the crack and on the specimen surface were conducted, and the intake of Zn in the oxides was detected on the specimen surface, but not detected inside the crack. This result was considered to be the cause of no Zn injection effect on the crack growth behavior.
Chimi, Yasuhiro; Kasahara, Shigeki; Seto, Hitoshi*; Kitsunai, Yuji*; Koshiishi, Masato*; Nishiyama, Yutaka
Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems - Water Reactors, Vol.2, p.1039 - 1054, 2018/00
Times Cited Count:2 Percentile:57.67(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)In order to understand irradiation-assisted stress corrosion cracking (IASCC) growth behavior, crack growth rate (CGR) tests have been performed in simulated Boiling Water Reactor water conditions at 288C on neutron-irradiated 316L stainless steels (SSs) at 12-14 dpa. After the tests, the microstructures near the crack tip of the specimens are examined with scanning transmission electron microscope (FE-STEM). In comparison with a previous study at 2 dpa, this result shows a less benefit of low electrochemical corrosion potential (ECP) conditions on CGR. A crack tip immersed over 1000 hours was filled with oxides, while almost no oxide film was observed near the crack front in the low-ECP conditions. In addition, a high density of deformation twins and dislocations were found near the fracture surface of the crack front. It is considered that both localized deformation and oxidation are possible dominant factors for the SCC growth in highly irradiated SSs.
Igarashi, Shinichi; Katsumata, Toshinobu; Haraguchi, Masaharu; Saito, Takeru; Yamaguchi, Kenji; Yamamoto, Hiroyuki; Hojo, Kiichi
Transactions of the Materials Research Society of Japan, 28(4), p.1153 - 1156, 2003/12
We have evaluated the crystal structure of the -FeSi films formed with various sputter etching of Si substrate. Ne sputter etching of Si (100) substrate was performed with ion energies of 1, 3, and 10 keV. After each etching, the substrate was annealed at a temperature of 1073 K for 30 min. The -FeSi films of 100 nm in thickness were formed at 973 K with the amount of deposited Fe, 30 nm. X-ray diffraction revealed that these films have polycrystalline -FeSi structure but strong preferential orientation aligned as -FeSi (100) // Si (100). Furthermore, the oriented structure of the film was improved by lowering the incident energy of Ne.
Sugiharuto; Yamamoto, Shunya; Sumita, Taishi; Miyashita, Atsumi
Journal of Physics; Condensed Matter, 13(13), p.2875 - 2881, 2001/04
Times Cited Count:15 Percentile:61.81(Physics, Condensed Matter)An epitaxial TiO-anatase thin film was grown on the Si(001) substrate with SrTiO/TiN as the buffer layers by pulsed laser deposition technique under an oxygen gas supply. The characterization of the epitaxial TiO-anatase film was performed using the X-ray diffraction method. The crystallographic relationships between the TiO-anatase film and SrTiO/TiN buffer layers were analyzed by the -2 scan and pole figure measurement. The growth direction of the films was determined as / / / and their in-plane relationship // // // . The crystalline quality of TiO-anatase was examined by the rocking curve analysis. The composition of the thin film packaging was characterized by Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS) using 2.0 MeV He beam.
Dai, Z.*; Naramoto, Hiroshi; Narumi, Kazumasa; Yamamoto, Shunya; Miyashita, Atsumi
Thin Solid Films, 360(1), p.28 - 33, 2000/02
Times Cited Count:2 Percentile:15.65(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)no abstracts in English
Dai, Z.*; Naramoto, Hiroshi; Narumi, Kazumasa; Yamamoto, Shunya
Journal of Physics; Condensed Matter, 11(43), p.8511 - 8516, 1999/11
Times Cited Count:11 Percentile:54.58(Physics, Condensed Matter)no abstracts in English
Dai, Z.*; Naramoto, Hiroshi; Narumi, Kazumasa; Yamamoto, Shunya; Miyashita, Atsumi
Applied Physics Letters, 74(12), p.1686 - 1688, 1999/03
Times Cited Count:5 Percentile:28.46(Physics, Applied)no abstracts in English
Dai, Z.*; Miyashita, Atsumi; Yamamoto, Shunya; Narumi, Kazumasa; Naramoto, Hiroshi
Thin Solid Films, 349(1-2), p.51 - 55, 1999/00
Times Cited Count:3 Percentile:22.8(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)no abstracts in English
Chimi, Yasuhiro; Kasahara, Shigeki*; Nishiyama, Yutaka; Seto, Hitoshi*; Chatani, Kazuhiro*; Kitsunai, Yuji*; Koshiishi, Masato*
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In order to understand irradiation-assisted stress corrosion cracking (IASCC) growth behavior, crack growth tests in simulated BWR water conditions (at 563 K) were performed using neutron-irradiated specimens made of 316L stainless steels, and the oxide film properties and locally deformed structures near the crack tip have been investigated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). When electrochemical corrosion potential (ECP) of the materials was lowered by deaeration and hydrogen injection into feed water, apparent suppression of oxidation inside the cracks was observed as well as suppression of the crack growth rate (CGR). In the presentation, the TEM results of the locally deformed structures along the cracks are also reported, and the relation among the CGR, oxide film properties, and locally deformed structures is discussed.