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Impact of liquid sodium corrosion on microstructure and electrical properties of yttrium-doped thoria prepared by co-precipitation
... static liquid sodium at 500°C for several hundreds of hours, with an oxygen content of about 70-80 ...of sodium was evidenced in the bulk through the observation of inter-granular cleavage surfaces ...
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Generation of a magnetic field by dynamo action in a turbulent flow of liquid sodium
... A first modification with respect to earlier VKS experi- ments consists of surrounding the flow by sodium at rest in another concentric cylindrical vessel, 578 mm in inner diameter. This has been shown to decrease ...
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Investigation of crack propagation resistance of 304L, 316L and 316L(N) austenitic steels in liquid sodium
... in liquid sodium but the fracture mode remains fully ductile in their ...to liquid metal accelerating damage (LMAD) but not Liquid Metal Embrittlement ...by liquid sodium and ...
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Alternative dissolution and oxidation behavior of 316L(N) steel at 550°c in liquid sodium containing low concentration of oxygen
... 1- Liquid sodium, 2- Molybdenum crucible, 3- Thermal well, 4- Oven, 5- Cooling channels, 6- Gloves box floor, 7- Gas inlet and pressure monitoring, 8- Well cover, 9- Temperature well, 10- Upper cover ...
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Modelling of a hydrogen permeation process from gas phase towards liquid sodium and experimental set-up for prototype testing
... experimental sodium loop is used to test the prototype in a gas-sodium configuration at pilot-scale; in order to estimate the hydrogen permeation flowrate, different measurement techniques are provided both ...
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Joint dissolution and oxidation behaviour of 316LN steel at 550°C in liquid sodium containing low concentration of oxygen
... to liquid sodium for at least one common exposure ...metallic sodium was remaining on the surface layer of all ...that sodium remains on porosities created by the corrosion at the surface ...
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Investigation of crack propagation resistance of 304L, 316L and 316L(N) austenitic steels in liquid sodium
... sodium is then mitigated via an active control of the oxygen con- centration below a few wppm [ 1 ...of sodium loops lead to carburization/decarburization issues [ 2 ...to liquid metal embrittlement ...
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Modelling of a hydrogen permeation process from gas phase towards liquid sodium and experimental set-up for prototype testing
... in sodium is implicitly considered according to Sieverts equi- librium expressed in ...to liquid sodium: an appli- cation was studied by McKee (1977) to calibrate hydrogen metres but a poorly ...
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Bistability between a stationary and an oscillatory dynamo in a turbulent flow of liquid sodium
... dynamo transitions remains an open question. The velocity fluctuations may smooth the transition or suppress bistability. They may also lead the system to explore different regimes successively in time. Experimental ...
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Carburization of austenitic and ferritic stainless steels in liquid sodium: Comparison between experimental observations and simulations
... a Sodium-cooled Fast nu- clear Reactor (SFR) prototype for industrial demonstration called ASTRID (Advanced Sodium Technological Reactor for Industrial Demonstration), the French Alternative Energies and ...
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Carburization of austenitic and ferritic stainless steels in liquid sodium: Comparison between experimental observations and simulations
... a Sodium-cooled Fast nu- clear Reactor (SFR) prototype for industrial demonstration called ASTRID (Advanced Sodium Technological Reactor for Industrial Demonstration), the French Alternative Energies and ...
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Study of the Oxidation Mechanisms of 316LN Steel in Liquid Sodium
... The sodium cooled fast reactor is selected in France as the 4th generation of nuclear power ...by liquid sodium is studied in normal operating conditions as well as in transient conditions either ...
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Further insights into the mechanisms involved in the corrosion of 316L(N) austenitic steel in oxygenated liquid sodium at 550 °C
... Further insights into the mechanisms involved in the corrosion of 316L(N) austenitic steel in oxygenated liquid sodium at 550 °C.8. Post print9[r] ...
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Non destructive examination of immersed structures within liquid sodium
... of future liquid sodium cooled fast reactors implies, among different options, the use of ultrasounds from the outside of sodium circuit. In these conditions, ultrasounds have to propagate through ...
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Wetting by liquid sodium and fracture path analysis of sodium induced embrittlement of 304L stainless steel
... INTRODUCTION Liquid Metal Embrittlement (LME) is a special type of environmental effect where an otherwise ductile material has a brittle fracture mode when mechanically tested while in contact with a ...
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Oxidation of 316L (N) stainless steel in liquid sodium at 550c
... in liquid sodium is ...in liquid sodium mainly depend on the oxygen ...of sodium chromite (NaCrO 2 ...static liquid sodium and parts of Phénix Sodium Fast ...
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Chaotic dynamos generated by a turbulent flow of liquid sodium
... (Received 1 April 2008; published 14 August 2008) We report the observation of several dynamical regimes of the magnetic field generated by a turbulent flow of liquid sodium (VKS experiment). Stationary ...
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Electronic and structural transitions in dense liquid sodium
... the liquid to an fcc-like local order however cannot be used to explain the anomalous melting above 60 GPa where the solid itself assumes the close-packed fcc ...the liquid indicates that its local order ...
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Chemical Interaction of Austenitic and Ferritic Steels with B4C Powder in Liquid Sodium at 600°C
... in sodium containing B 4 C was also revealed by Chandran et ...grade sodium is usually carburizing as ...grade sodium and carbon from B 4 C powder explained the additional carbon measured underneath ...
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Chemical interaction of Austenitic and Ferritic Steels with B4C Powder in Liquid Sodium at 600DC
... enrichment followed by nickel enrichment underneath could be observed in the outer part of MB (first 2 µm) for the three steel grades. Furthermore, the inner M 2 B boride layer might be slightly depleted in nickel ...
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