Titre :

Morphological characterization of the fresh ZrN coated UMo powders used in EMPIrE irradiation experiment: A practical approach

Auteur(s) :

Housaer, François [Auteur]
Vanni, Florence [Auteur]
FRAMATOME
Touzin, Matthieu [Auteur]
Unité Matériaux et Transformations (UMET) - UMR 8207
Unité Matériaux et Transformations - UMR 8207 [UMET]
Béclin, franck [Auteur]
Unité Matériaux et Transformations - UMR 8207 [UMET]
Unité Matériaux et Transformations (UMET) - UMR 8207
Allenou, Jérôme [Auteur]
FRAMATOME
Leenaers, Ann [Auteur]
Centre d'Etude de l'Energie Nucléaire [SCK-CEN]
Yacout, Abdellatif M. [Auteur]
Argonne National Laboratory [Lemont] [ANL]
Palancher, Hervé [Auteur]
Stepnik, Bertrand [Auteur]
FRAMATOME
Tougait, Olivier [Auteur]
Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide - UMR 8181 [UCCS]
Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide (UCCS) - UMR 8181
Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide (UCCS) - UMR 8181

Titre de la revue :

Journal of Nuclear Materials

Nom court de la revue :

Journal of Nuclear Materials

Pagination :

152087

Éditeur :

Elsevier BV

Date de publication :

2020-05

ISSN :

0022-3115

Discipline(s) HAL :

Physique [physics]/Matière Condensée [cond-mat]/Science des matériaux [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]
Chimie/Matériaux

Résumé en anglais : [en]

The European Mini-Plate Irradiation Experiment (EMPIrE) aims to test the in-pile behavior of various ZrN coated UMo powder batches, produced using different technological processes. UMo(ZrN) particles are typical core-shell ...
Lire la suite >The European Mini-Plate Irradiation Experiment (EMPIrE) aims to test the in-pile behavior of various ZrN coated UMo powder batches, produced using different technological processes. UMo(ZrN) particles are typical core-shell systems taking advantages of a dense fissile material, UMo, with a coated ZrN layer acting as a diffusion barrier. The U-7Mo kernels were produced by centrifugal or rotating electrode atomization processes and the ZrN coating was performed by physical vapor deposition or atomic layer deposition processes. A total of ten batches of UMo(ZrN) powders were examined in the as-obtained state, i.e prior to fuel-plate fabrication and before in-pile irradiation. The present investigation gives a characterization of each powder batch mainly in terms of morphological and microstructural features carried out by means of SEM-EDS, LOM, EPMA, AFM and TEM analyses. Digital image processing using ImageJ software was employed to determine several particle size (major axis, minor axis, Feret’s diameters, and equivalent diameter) and shape (aspect ratio, circularity, convexity and concavity) parameters as well as the ZrN deposited layer thickness. The quality of the ZrN layer was examined in terms of surface roughness, grain structure and aggregated habits. Our characterization results draw a detailed portrait of the UMo(ZrN) powders selected for the EMPIrE experiment and allow a classification of the powder batches which is presented as radar chart (Kiviat diagram).Lire moins >

Langue :

Anglais

Audience :

Non spécifiée

Établissement(s) :

Université de Lille
CNRS
INRA
ENSCL

Collections :

• Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide (UCCS) - UMR 8181
• Unité Matériaux et Transformations (UMET) - UMR 8207

Équipe(s) de recherche :

Métallurgie Physique et Génie des Matériaux

Date de dépôt :

2020-03-19T13:06:40Z
2020-03-30T07:36:27Z