Abstract
Changes in thermal conductivity, electrical resistivity and Young's modulus due to thermal oxidation in air were studied for the neutron irradiated nuclear grade graphite IG-11. Samples were irradiated and then oxidized in air at 450°C up to the maximum weight loss of 27%. Neutron irradiation caused the increases of the rate of oxidation in air, electrical resistivity and Young's modulus, and the decrease of thermal conductivity as well. Subsequent oxidation led to the results of the increase of electrical resistivity, and the decreases of Young's modulus and thermal conductivity. An analytical expression was given to the present experimental results, and the tendencies of the changes in the properties of neutron irradiated nuclear grade graphite due to the oxidation were clarified to be the same as those of unirradiated samples.
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