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In-Reactor Sodium Corrosion of Vanadium and Vanadium-Titanium Alloys

S. Greenberg, C. F. Cheng, W. E. Ruther

Nuclear Technology / Volume 4 / Number 3 / March 1968 / Pages 170-172

Technical Paper and Note / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT68-A26381

Vanadium-titanium alloys, exposed to flowing sodium in the EBR-II core suffered small weight losses. In contrast to the behavior of these materials when exposed ex-reactor, no hardened layers were produced.