Abstract

The corrosion of type 316 stainless steel and Sandvik HT9 by static Pb-17 at. pct Li between 300 and 500 °C was studied. The resulting weight losses were significantly greater than those of these steels in lithium. The corrosive attack was very uniform, and the roomtemperature tensile properties of the steels were unaffected by the exposure. The application of molten Pb-17 at. pct Li as a tritium-breeding fluid in conjunction with ferrous alloys in a fusion reactor may be limited to 400 °C or below.

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