High Temperature Steam Oxidation Behavior of Zr-2 Alloy with ZrO2/Cr Composite Coating

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Chinese Journal of Materials Research

2023, Vol. 37

Issue (10): 759-769 DOI: 10.11901/1005.3093.2022.633

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High Temperature Steam Oxidation Behavior of Zr-2 Alloy with ZrO₂/Cr Composite Coating

WANG Xingping¹^,²(

), XUE Wenbin², WANG Wenxuan³

^1.School of Materials Science and Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, China
^2.Key Laboratory of Beam Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
^3.School of Mechanical Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, China

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WANG Xingping, XUE Wenbin, WANG Wenxuan. High Temperature Steam Oxidation Behavior of Zr-2 Alloy with ZrO₂/Cr Composite Coating. Chinese Journal of Materials Research, 2023, 37(10): 759-769.

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A ZrO₂/Cr composite coating on Zr-2 alloy was prepared by micro-arc oxidation (MAO) and filtered cathodic vacuum arc deposition (FCVAD) treatments. The oxidation resistance of bare and ZrO₂/Cr-coated Zr alloys was estimated in 900~1100°C steam environment using a thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA) and their cross-sectional structures, phase constituents and composition depth profiles before and after steam oxidation were analyzed. The results showed that the mass gain per unit area of ZrO₂/Cr-coated Zr alloy was about 3/8, 1/4 and 2/5 of that of bare Zr alloy after 3600 s steam oxidation at 900, 1000 and 1100℃, respectively. In high temperature water vapor, the dense Cr₂O₃ film formed on the surface of ZrO₂/Cr-coated one suppressed the inward oxygen diffusion, which improved the steam oxidation resistance of Zr-2 alloy and inhibited the occurrence of breakaway oxidation at 1000°C. Before the Cr layer of ZrO₂/Cr composite coating was completely oxidized into Cr₂O₃, the oxidation of Cr layer was principally controlled by the outward chromium diffusion rather than inward oxygen diffusion. The MAO interlayer restrained hydrogen permeation into Zr alloy substrate during the steam oxidation.

Key words: metallic materials Zr-2 alloy ZrO₂/Cr composite coating high-temperature steam oxidation oxidation kinetics breakaway

Received: 28 November 2022

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TG174.442

Fund: Beijing Natural Science Foundation(2172029);National Natural Science Foundation of China(51671032);Science and Technology Program of Gansu Province(20JR10RA269);Innovation Fund Project of Gansu Education Department(2021B-099);Young Scholars Science Foundation of Lanzhou Jiaotong University(2023002)

Corresponding Authors: WANG Xingping, Tel: 18298491716, E-mail: wangxplju@163.com

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Fig.1 Morphology, microstructure and phase compon-ent of MAO-coated Zr-2 alloy (a) surface morp-hology, (b) cross-sectional microstructure, (c) XRD pattern

Fig.2 Microstructure, compositions and phase compon-ent of ZrO₂/Cr composite coating on Zr-2 alloy.
(a) cross-sectional microstructure, (b) GDOES composition depth profiles, (c) XRD pattern. The inserted figure in Fig.2b is the magnified composition depth profiles of Na, H and C elements

Fig.3 Oxidation kinetics curves of bare and ZrO₂/Cr-coated Zr-2 alloy in steam environment at different temperatures (a) 900℃, (b) 1000℃, (c) 1100℃

Table 1 Oxidation kinetics parameters of bare and ZrO₂/Cr-coated Zr-2 alloy in steam environment at different temperatures

Fig.4 Cross-sectional microstructures and GDOES composition depth profiles of bare Zr-2 alloy after 3600 s steam oxida-tion at different temperatures (a) 900℃, (b) 1000℃, (c, d) 1100℃

Fig.5 Cross-sectional microstructures and GDOES composition depth profiles of ZrO₂/Cr-coated Zr-2 alloy after 3600 s steam oxidation at different temperatures (a, b) 900℃, (c, d) 1000℃, (e, f) 1100℃

Table 2 EDS element analysis on the cross-section of ZrO₂/Cr-coated Zr-2 alloy after 3600 s steam oxidation at 1100℃ (%,atomic fraction)

Fig.6 OM cross-sectional images of bare and ZrO₂/Cr-coated Zr-2 alloy after 3600 s steam oxidation at different tempera-tures (a, c, e) bare Zr-2 alloy, (b, d, f) ZrO₂/Cr composite coating

Fig.7 XRD patterns of bare and ZrO₂/Cr-coated Zr-2 alloy after 3600 s steam oxidation at different temperatures (a) bare Zr-2 alloy, (b) ZrO₂/Cr composite coating

Fig.8 Dependence of diffusion coefficients on the temperature

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