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- Patent Title: Method of non-destructive evaluation of intergranular stress corrosion cracking (IGSSC) in structural components made of metal alloys, and the method of lifetime evaluation of the structural components
- Patent Title (中): 金属合金结构件中晶间应力腐蚀开裂(IGSSC)的非破坏性评估方法及结构部件寿命评估方法
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Application No.: US14553463Application Date: 2014-11-25
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Publication No.: US09562843B2Publication Date: 2017-02-07
- Inventor: Young-Suk Kim , Sung-Soo Kim , Dae-Whan Kim
- Applicant: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
- Applicant Address: KR Daejeon
- Assignee: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
- Current Assignee: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
- Current Assignee Address: KR Daejeon
- Agency: Lando & Anastasi, LLP
- Priority: KR10-2012-0067503 20120622; KR10-2013-0072273 20130624
- Main IPC: G01N19/08
- IPC: G01N19/08 ; G01N17/00 ; G21C17/00 ; G01N33/20 ; G21C19/20

Abstract:
A method of non-destructive evaluation of stress corrosion cracking of structural components made of metal alloys, and a method of evaluation of the remaining lifetime of the structural component made of metal alloys are provided, in which a change in properties of the structural components made of metal alloys being used in operating nuclear power plants is measured according to the degree of atomic ordering (or short range ordering) of alloying atoms, and stress corrosion cracking of the structural components made of metal alloys is thus evaluated. The properties to be measured may be one or more selected from a group consisting of hardness, electrical resistivity and thermal conductivity.
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