The corrosion behavior ofEP-823 steel was studied during high-temperature treatment (HTT) with nitrogen. Itwas found that innitrogen attemperatures of 650–800°C, the steel issubject toonly slight surface corrosion. Itis shown that there isa slight change inthe surface composition and structure ofsteel, which does not have asignificant effect onthe reprocessing ofmodel SNF. Itis shown that onthe surface ofthe material, processes ofinteraction ofsome electronegative components offerritic-martensitic steel with components ofthe gas phase–nitrogen and impurity oxygen–occur with the formation ofinclusions ofnitride and oxide compounds ofchromium and manganese ofdifferent stoichiometric compositions. The process islimited bythe diffusion ofthese components from the volume ofthe alloy tothe surface. The corrosion rates ofEP-823 steel attemperatures of 650 and 800 ° Cwere 0.104 and 0.241 mm / year for 12 hours ofexposure, and 0.013 and 0.02 mm/year for 84 hours ofexposure, respectively. The nature ofthe destruction ofthe surface ofthe samples iscontinuous and uneven, localization ofcorrosion atthe boundaries ofsteel grains isclearly observed, which isassociated with the formation ofsecondary phases along the grain boundaries. Atthe temperature ofthe treatment, significant sensitization ofsteel occurs, chain-like precipitation ofsecondary phases isobserved along the grain boundaries, which leads tothe development ofintercrystalline corrosion. Conclusions are made about the change inthe structure ofthe material during high-temperature exposure and the nature ofthe corrosion damage ofthe material isdetermined; based onthe results ofX-ray fluorescence analysis, conclusions are made about the composition ofthe corrosion products ofEP-823 steel.
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