Ductility evaluation of nitrided Zircaloy-4 cladding by ring compression testing

Keyphrases

• Ductility 100%
• Temperature Effect 100%
• Embrittlement 100%
• Nitrides 100%
• Mass Gain 100%
• Zircaloy-4 Cladding 100%
• Zircaloy 100%
• Compression Testing 100%
• Ring Compression Test 100%
• Ring Compression 100%
• Nitridation 100%
• Dry Air 100%
• Ductility Degradation 100%
• Brittle-ductile Transition 50%
• Gas Flow 50%
• Reaction Rate 50%
• Thermogravimetric Analyzer 50%
• Exposure Time 50%
• Cladding Surface 50%
• Zircaloy Cladding 50%
• Cladding Embrittlement 50%
• Processing Temperature 50%
• Layer Thinning 50%
• ZrO2 Layer 50%
• Optical Micrograph 50%
• Nitrogen Diffusion 50%
• Metal Layer 50%
• Nitrogen Environment 50%
• Suboptimal Temperature 50%
• Process Duration 50%
• Nitrogen pickup 50%

Engineering

• Embrittlement 100%
• Compression Testing 100%
• Compression Test 66%
• Mass Gain 66%
• Temperature Dependency 66%
• Dry Air 66%
• Micrograph 33%
• Gas Flow 33%
• Metal Layer 33%
• Brittle Transition 33%
• Nitrogen Diffusion 33%

Material Science

• Zircaloy 100%
• Compression Testing 100%
• Embrittlement 60%
• Nitriding 40%
• Surface (Surface Science) 20%
• Gas Flow 20%
• Zirconia 20%
• Ductile-to-Brittle Transition 20%