Nuclear reactor having a layer protecting the surface of zirconium alloys

0543039 - FZÚ 2022 RIV eng P - Patent Document
Škoda, R. - Škarohlíd, J. - Kratochvílová, Irena - Fendrych, František - Taylor, Andrew
Nuclear reactor having a layer protecting the surface of zirconium alloys.
2021. Owner: Fyzikální ústav AV ČR, v. v. i. - České vysoké učení technické v Praze. Date of the patent acceptance: 09.02.2021. Patent Number: US10916352B2
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
Keywords : polycrystalline diamond layer * Zr alloy corrosion * protection against corrosion
OECD category: Nuclear physics
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A layer protecting the surface of zirconium alloys used as materials for nuclear reactors is formed by a homogenous polycrystalline diamond layer prepared by chemical vapor deposition method. This diamond layer is 100 nm to 50 .mu.m thick and the size of the crystalline cores in the layer ranges from 10 nm to 500 nm. Maximum content of non-diamond carbon is 25 mol %, total content of non-carbon impurities is maximum up to 0.5 mol %, RMS surface roughness of the polycrystalline diamond layer has a value less than 40 nm and thermal conductivity of the layer ranges from 1000 to 1900 W.circle-w/dot.m.sup.-1.circle-w/dot.K.sup.-1. Coating of the zirconium alloys surface with the described polycrystalline diamond layer serves as a zirconium alloys surface protection against undesirable changes and processes in the nuclear reactor environment.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0320347