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Thermal stability and corrosion resistance of nanocrystallized zirconium formed by surface mechanical attrition treatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Yong Han ,
Lan Zhang ,
Jian Lu  and
Wengting Zhang
Yong Han*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
Lan Zhang
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
Jian Lu
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Kom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
Wengting Zhang
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
*
a) Address all correspondence to this author: e-mail: yonghan@mail.xjtu.edu.cn
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Abstract

The thermal stability and corrosion behavior of the nanostructured layer on commercially pure zirconium, produced by surface mechanical attrition treatment (SMAT), were investigated. It is indicated that the nanograined Zr is stable at annealing temperatures up to 650 °C, above which significant grain growth occurs and the grain size shows parabolic relationship with annealing time. The activation energy for grain growth of the nanograined Zr is 59 kJ/mol at 750–850 °C, and the grain growth is dominated by grain-boundary diffusion. The as-SMATed nanograined Zr exhibits higher corrosion resistance than the 550–750 °C annealed SMATed Zr and the unSMATed coarse-grained Zr. It is indicated that the corrosion resistance of Zr tends to increase with the reduction of grain size, which is related to the dilution of segregated impurities at grain boundaries due to grain refinement and the formation of passive protection film.

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CorrosionNanostructureZr
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 24 , Issue 10 , October 2009 , pp. 3136 - 3145
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2009

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