Neutron embrittlement, sometimes more broadly radiation embrittlement, is the embrittlement of various materials due to the action of neutrons. This is...

liquid metal embrittlement (LME), suggesting that it directs a flow of atoms both towards and away from the crack. For neutron embrittlement, the main mechanism...

exposed to radiation. At high neutron fluences this can lead to embrittlement of metals and other materials, and to neutron-induced swelling in some of...

6.5×1019 cm−2 (E > 1 MeV) of neutron fluence. Neutron flux causes reactor vessels to suffer from neutron embrittlement and is a major problem with thermonuclear...

Induced radioactivity Neutron activation analysis Neutron embrittlement Phosphorus-32 produced when sulfur captures a neutron. Salted bomb Table of nuclides...

Neutron-induced swelling is the increase of volume and decrease of density of materials subjected to intense neutron radiation. Neutrons impacting the...

life of components that cannot be replaced when aged by wear and neutron embrittlement, such as the reactor pressure vessel. At the end of their planned...

cycle, up to a 10 MW/m2 thermal load. Neutron radiation, which over time leads to neutron activation and embrittlement. High energy ions leaving at tens to...

that are both corrosion resistant and resistant to the effects of neutron embrittlement. In contrast, many common organic fluids are less corrosive to metals...

fusion process emits large numbers of neutrons (in common reactions at least) that lead to neutron embrittlement that degrades the strength of the support...

stainless steel can be susceptible to a phenomenon known as 475 °C (887 °F) embrittlement or duplex stainless steel age hardening, which is a type of aging process...

This combines with radiation damage to material and possibly neutron embrittlement if neutron sources such as californium-252 are present to a significant...

years. Graphite may shrink and then swell. Neutron embrittlement Neutron radiation#Effects on materials Neutron Irradiation Damage in Graphite and Its Effects...

considerably from earlier ones. As neutron fluxes increased in order to improve power densities problems with neutron embrittlement were encountered, particularly...

(LWR) is a type of thermal-neutron reactor that uses normal water, as opposed to heavy water, as both its coolant and neutron moderator; furthermore a solid...

as neutron embrittlement that degrades the structural integrity of the material. This is a problem for fission reactors as well, but the neutron flux...

toughness. This so-called fast-neutron embrittlement is a complex function of many factors including the neutron fluence, the neutron energy spectrum, and the...

for three years. The pressure vessel was also used to investigate neutron embrittlement in carbon steel. This plant was shut down 1963–1964. However despite...

phenomenon known as hydrogen embrittlement. Commercial non-nuclear grade zirconium typically contains 1–5% of hafnium, whose neutron absorption cross-section...

that are both non-corrosive while also being less susceptible to neutron embrittlement. More of an issue is the fact that water has a low boiling point...

alloys to contain the molten salt. Such alloys are prone to embrittlement under high neutron flux.: 83  Corrosion risk. Molten salts require careful management...

elements will be enriched or depleted in these areas, which often leads to embrittlement of grain boundaries or other detrimental property changes. This is because...

is a nuclear reactor that uses slow or thermal neutrons. A neutron moderator is used to slow the neutrons emitted by fission to make them more likely to...

structure of a nuclear reactor to neutron flux, making the material radioactive and causing irradiation embrittlement, or irradiation of the nuclear fuel...

low neutron absorption and relatively low melting points. Neutrons are slowed less by interaction with these heavy nuclei (thus not being neutron moderators)...

are a source of damage to titanium and titanium alloys. This hydrogen embrittlement process is of particular concern when titanium and alloys are used as...

alter the mechanical properties of the materials and cause swelling and embrittlement. By radiolysis (breaking chemical bonds) within the material, which...

nuclear power reactor using hydride as a neutron moderator. The design is inherently safe, as the fuel and the neutron moderator is uranium hydride UH3, which...

shatter on impact instead of bending or deforming (low temperature embrittlement). Thus, the DBTT indicates the temperature at which, as temperature...

liquid LBE with temperature (formation of amalgam) and to liquid metal embrittlement. Lead and LBE coolant are more corrosive to steel than sodium, and this...