A Study of Effect of Nitrogen Implantation on Corrosion Properties of Ti-Al-Zr Alloy
doi: 10.11804/NuclPhysRev.23.02.202
- Received Date: 1900-01-01
- Rev Recd Date: 1900-01-01
- Publish Date: 2006-06-20
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Key words:
- Ti-Al-Zr /
- nitrogen implantation /
- phase formation /
- corrosion resistance
Abstract: In the present investigation, fully annealed Ti-Al-Zr plates were implanted with different nitrogen fluences. The corrosion resistance was examined by the electrochemical methods in a solution with pH value of 10 at room temperature in order to determine the optimum fluenee that can give good corrosion resistance in a simulated nuclear reactor condition. The results show ε-Ti2N phase formed initially and then transformed into σ-TIN with increasing of nitrogen fluences, which was confirmed by the results of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). In addition, it can be found the increase of the corrosion resistance depends on the nitrogen fluence employed and the maximum improvement of the corrosion resistance was observed with a fluence of 8 × 10^16 N^+ ion/cm^2. The mechanism of the corrosion resistance is attributed to defect accumulation, formatio on of amorphous phase and nanocrystallization in the implanted layer.
Citation: | LIU Yan-zhang, QIU Shao-yu, ZU Xiao-tao, WANG Li, HUANG Xin-quan. A Study of Effect of Nitrogen Implantation on Corrosion Properties of Ti-Al-Zr Alloy[J]. Nuclear Physics Review, 2006, 23(2): 202-206. doi: 10.11804/NuclPhysRev.23.02.202 |