Abstract

The vital role of hydrogen on lead-induced localized corrosion of Alloy 690TT in the simulated secondary crevice chemistries of pressurized water reactor at 25 °C is investigated by using surface analysis techniques and calculations. Density functional theory (DFT) calculation reveals that there is a coupling effect between lead and hydrogen on inhibiting the kinetic diffusion of oxygen vacancies. Experimental results show that hydrogen causes the change of most easily-corroded location from the grain/carbide interface to the TiN/nucleus interface in the lead-induced corrosion process, which provides a new interpreting sight as for lead-induced stress corrosion cracking mode of nickel-based Alloys.

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