| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2020 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Coatings and Surface Engineering for Environmental Protection II
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| Presentation Title |
C-7: Nanoceramic Coatings for Heavy Liquid Metal Applications |
| Author(s) |
Boris Paladino, Matteo Vanazzi, Daniele Iadicicco, Serena Bassini, Marco Utili, Fabio Di Fonzo |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Matteo Vanazzi |
| Abstract Scope |
Heavy liquid metals are foreseen as cooling media for different technologies: concentrated solar power systems, Generation IV and fusion nuclear reactors. This is due to several properties: high thermal conduction, low melting point, high boiling temperature, low thermal expansion and non-violent reactions with water. Nevertheless, structural steels suffer corrosion by dissolution and liquid metal embrittlement when facing these materials, hence the mechanical integrity of the system is threatened. A possible mitigation strategy is the employment of nanoceramic coatings. Alumina films grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) technique were tested in different conditions (temperature up to 600°C, Oxygen content, exposure time) in static and fluent Pb and Pb-16Li. After up to 10000 hours, no corrosive attacks on the steel substrate and no delamination were detected (SEM and EDX analyses). Thus, PLD-grown Alumina coatings act as protective barriers, proving to be one of the few viable solutions for these technologies. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: Supplemental Proceedings volume |