Austenitic stainless steels for use in nuclear reactors
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    Austenitic stainless steels for use in nuclear reactors 失效
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    公开(公告)号:US3563728A

    公开(公告)日:1971-02-16

    申请号:US3563728D

    申请日:1968-03-12

    CPC classification number: C22C38/40

    Abstract: AN AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL FOR USE IN A WATER NUCLEAR REACTOR WHEREIN THE STEEL IS IN CONTACT WITH COOLANT AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURER AND PRESSURE, THE ALLOY CHARACTERIZED IN THAT IT HAS A LOW NEUTRON CAPTURE CROSS-SECTION, IS HIGHLY RESISTANT TO STRESS CORROSION IN THE PRESENCE OF CHLORIDES AND HAS A RELATIVELY HIGH STRENGTH, CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF BY WEIGHT, FROM 17 TO 22% NICKEL, FROM 14 TO 19% CHROMIUM, FROM 0.007 TO 0.015% CARBON, A MAXIMUM OF 0.015% NITROGEN, THE TOTAL OF CARBON AND NITROGEN NOT EXCEEDING 0.025%, A MAXIMUM OF 1.5% MANGANESE AND 0.02% COBALT, MANGANESE AND COBALT ARE ELEMENTS WHICH WHEN EXPOSED TO A NEUTRON FLUX ARE TRANSFORMED AT LEAST IN PART TO RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES OF HIGH ACTIVITY, A MAXIMUM OF 0.5% SILICON, OTHER IMPURITIES NOT EXCEEDING 0.5%, AND THE BALANCE IRON. A NUCLEAR FUEL ELEMENT CLADDING EMPOLYING SAID STEEL IS ALSO DISCLOSED.

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