Hydride embrittlement and irradiation effects on the hoop mechanical properties of pressurized water reactor (PWR) and boiling-water reactor (BWR) ZIRCALOY cladding tubes: Part II. Morphology of hydrides investigated at different magnifications and their interaction with the processes of plastic deformation

Miléna Veleva , Sylvie Arsene , Jean Luc Béchade (1) , Jinbo Bai (2) , Marie-Christine Record (2)

1 SRMA - Service des Recherches Métallurgiques Appliquées
2 MSSMat - Laboratoire de mécanique des sols, structures et matériaux

Domains: Chemical Sciences; Material chemistry

Miléna Veleva, Sylvie Arsene, Jean Luc Béchade, Jinbo Bai, Marie-Christine Record. Hydride embrittlement and irradiation effects on the hoop mechanical properties of pressurized water reactor (PWR) and boiling-water reactor (BWR) ZIRCALOY cladding tubes: Part II. Morphology of hydrides investigated at different magnifications and their interaction with the processes of plastic deformation. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 2003, 34 (3), pp.567 - 578. ⟨10.1007/s11661-003-0092-2⟩. ⟨hal-01756300⟩