Abstract
Zr has been used for many plants dealing with nitric acid due to its high corrosion resistance. However, stress corrosion cracking (SCC) occurrence has recently been reported on Zr immersed in hot nitric acid. Here corrosion performance and countermeasures against SCC of Zr, Zr-Ti and Zr-Ti-Ta alloys in HNO 3 were studied. Ti has good general corrosion and SCC resistance in highly oxidizing HNO 3, although it is severely attacked in pure HNO 3 at elevated temperatures. Ta is an excellent corrosion resistant material over all concentrations of nitric acid. Alloying Ti and/or Ta into Zr has synergistic effects on improving both the general corrosion and SCC resistance. The optimization of corrosion resistance has been studied in Zr alloys.
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