# Corrosion

## The effect of salt loading on chloride-induced stress corrosion cracking of 304L austenitic stainless steel under atmospheric conditions

The effect of salt loading on chloride-induced stress corrosion cracking in 304 L was studied at atmospheric pressure. Stress relieved samples were uniaxially pre-strained to 5% and were loaded with nine levels of MgCl2, investigating Cl− deposition …

## The impact of azimuthally asymmetric carbon deposition upon pellet-clad mechanical interaction in advanced gas reactor fuel

Cracked nuclear fuel pellets were modelled in the r-θ plane with an azimuthally varying clad surface temperature boundary condition using the PELICAN set of fuel performance models for the commercial finite element software, Abaqus. The temperature …

## The effect of Sn–VO defect clustering on Zr alloy corrosion

Density functional theory simulations were used to study Sn defect clusters in the oxide layer of Zr-alloys. Clustering was shown to play a key role in the accommodation of Sn in ${\\text{ZrO}\\_2}$, with the …

## The effect of Nb on the corrosion and hydrogen pick-up of Zr alloys

Zr-Nb alloys are known to perform better in corrosion and hydrogen pick-up than other Zr alloys but the mechanism by which this happens is not well understood. Atomistic simulations using density functional theory of both tetragonal and monoclinic …

## The effect of prior cold work on the chloride stress corrosion cracking of 304L austenitic stainless steel under atmospheric conditions

A systematic study of the effect of cold work (CW) on chloride-induced stress corrosion cracking (SCC) in 304L stainless steel was performed. CW between 0% and 40% was applied prior to corrosion of specimens at 75 °C and 70% relative humidity, for …

## Accommodation of tin in tetragonal ZrO$_2$

Atomic scale computer simulations using density functional theory were used to investigate the behaviour of tin in the tetragonal phase oxide layer on Zr-based alloys. The Sn$_{Zr}^×$ defect was shown to be dominant across most oxygen partial …