@article{d89cc6bb8648490186501133ef5dc44a,
title = "Comprehensive investigation of the role of Nb on the oxidation kinetics of Zr-Nb alloys",
abstract = "Waterside corrosion of zirconium alloys is currently the life-limiting degradation mechanism of fuel elements in pressurized-water reactor (PWR)systems. Today, PWRs use Zr-Nb fuel cladding designed to limit oxidation and hydrogen pickup. However, oxidation kinetics of Zr-Nb alloys can vary substantially depending on the Nb content and distribution, even in alloys of the same composition but different heat treatments. To elucidate the role of Nb on Zr-Nb oxidation kinetics and improve the fundamental understanding of Zr-Nb corrosion, nano-beam X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy (XANES), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and application of the Coupled-Current Charge-Compensation (C4)Model have been performed in concert.",
keywords = "A. Zirconium, B. Modeling studies, B. TEM, B. XANES, C. Oxidation",
author = "Michael Moorehead and Zefeng Yu and L{\'e}o Borrel and Jing Hu and Zhonghou Cai and Adrien Couet",
note = "Funding Information: The authors would like to thank those at Westinghouse for providing the samples used in this experiment as well as those at Oxford University and in the MUZIC community for insightful and constructive discussions. This research used resources of the Advanced Photon Source, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility operated for the DOE Office of Science by Argonne National Laboratory under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357. This research was funded in part by a fellowship program sponsored by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) . Funding Information: The authors would like to thank those at Westinghouse for providing the samples used in this experiment as well as those at Oxford University and in the MUZIC community for insightful and constructive discussions. This research used resources of the Advanced Photon Source, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)Office of Science User Facility operated for the DOE Office of Science by Argonne National Laboratory under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357. This research was funded in part by a fellowship program sponsored by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Elsevier Ltd",
year = "2019",
month = jul,
day = "15",
doi = "10.1016/j.corsci.2019.04.017",
language = "English",
volume = "155",
pages = "173--181",
journal = "Corrosion Science",
issn = "0010-938X",
publisher = "Elsevier Ltd",
}