Observation of Hydrogen Distribution in Oxidized Zircaloy-2 with Tritium Microautoradiography
Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 41 / Number 3P2 / May 2002 / Pages 915-918
Material Interaction and Permeation / Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Tritium Science and Technology Tsukuba, Japan November 12-16, 2001 / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST02-A22718
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The hydrogen distribution in the oxidized Zircaloy-2 was related to its microsturcuture by tritium microautoradiography based on a cathodic tritium charging method. It was found out that hydrogen atoms were concentrated in the intermetallic precipitates such as Zr(Fe,Cr)2 and Zr2(Fe,Ni) existing in the oxide film, and on the grain boundary of zirconium matrix. It was also found out that hydrogen atoms were scarcely present in the thin metallic region adjacent to the oxide layer, the thickness of which was about 10–15 µm.
