High Temperature Oxidation Resistance of Cr Based Coating on Zirconium Alloy

doi:10.11901/1005.3093.2021.200

Chinese Journal of Materials Research

2022, Vol. 36

Issue (9): 699-705 DOI: 10.11901/1005.3093.2021.200

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High Temperature Oxidation Resistance of Cr Based Coating on Zirconium Alloy

SHAN Weiyao¹^,², WANG Yongli¹(

), LI Jing¹, XIONG Liangyin¹, DU Xiaoming³, LIU Shi¹

^1.Special Alloy Research Department, Shi-changxu Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
^2.School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Shenyang 110016, China
^3.School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenyang Ligong University, Shenyang 110159, China

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SHAN Weiyao, WANG Yongli, LI Jing, XIONG Liangyin, DU Xiaoming, LIU Shi. High Temperature Oxidation Resistance of Cr Based Coating on Zirconium Alloy. Chinese Journal of Materials Research, 2022, 36(9): 699-705.

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Coatings of Cr and CrAl (14% Al, mass fraction) were prepared on Zr-4 alloy substrate by magnetron sputtering method. The oxidation resistance of Cr and CrAl coatings in high temperature steam (simulated the situation of LOCA accident) was investigated by means of steam oxidation test at 1200℃ for 1 h, scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscope (EDS) and X-ray diffractometer (XRD). The results show that the thickness of oxide scaled formed on the uncoated Zr-4 alloy is about 100 μm after steam oxidation at 1200℃/1 h, while a dense Cr₂O₃ scale of about 4 μm in thickness formed on the Cr coating surface, and the oxidation rate decreases significantly. The oxidation rate of CrAl coating is even lower than that of Cr coating due to the formation of a dense scale of mixed oxides Cr₂O₃ and Al₂O₃ of about 0.8 μm in thickness. It can be concluded that Cr and CrAl coatings prepared by magnetron sputtering on Zr-4 alloy have good resistance to high temperature steam oxidation at 1200℃. The thickness of the oxide scale formed on the surface of Cr coating is about 1/25 of that on Zr-4 alloy, and the thickness of the oxide scale on the surface of CrAl coating is less than 1/100 of that on Zr-4 alloy.

Key words: surface and interface in the materials accident tolerant fuel magnetron sputtering Cr coating CrAl coating high temperature steam oxidation resistance

Received: 24 March 2021

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Fund: Shenyang Science and Technology Project(Y17-0-022)

About author: WANG Yongli, Tel: 15909820506, E-mail: wangyongli@imr.ac.cn

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Table 1 Composition of Zr-4 alloy matrix (mass fraction, %)

Fig.1 Surface (a, b, d, e) and cross-section (c, f) morphologies of Cr layers prepared at different substrate temperatures (a) room temperature; (b) 350℃; (c) 350℃; (d, e) 400℃; (f) 400℃

Fig.2 XRD spectrum of Cr coating

Fig.3 SEM images of CrAl coating morphology at different substrate temperatures (a) room temperature, surface; (b, c) 400℃, surface; (d) 450℃, surface; (e) 400℃, cross-section; (f) 450℃, cross-section

Fig.4 XRD spectrum of CrAl coating

Fig.5 Composition of CrAl film prepared by magnetron sputtering

Fig.6 Surface (a, b, c) and cross section (d~h) morphology of Cr and CrAl coatings after steam oxidation at 1200℃ for 1 h (a, d) Cr coatings, 400℃; (b, e, h) CrAl coatings, 400℃; (c, f) CrAl coatings, 450℃; (g) Zr alloy

Fig.7 XRD spectra of Cr (a) and CrAl (b) coatings after steam oxidation at 1200℃ for 1 h

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