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EXAMINATION OF TITANIUM PULSE FEEDER DIAPHRAGM FAILURE

Description: A Ti pulse feeder diaphragm failed by cracking after 450 hr service in the Homogeneous Reactor Test mock-up. The diaphragm, which was made of MST Grade III Ti, was vibrated at 78 cpm at 40 to 50 deg C. One side of the diaphragnn was exposed to demineralized H/sub 2/O and the other side was exposed to 10g U/l UO/ sub 2/SO/sub 4/ solution. The main corrosion product was TiO/sub 2/. (W.L.H.)
Date: August 24, 1956
Creator: Kegley, T.M. Jr.
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CORROSION OF NICKEL-BASE SPECIMENS EXPOSED IN THE VOLATILITY PILOT PLANT MARK III FLUORINATOR

Description: The combination of operating temperatures around 550 deg C with LiF present in the salt baths produces about the same bulk metal losses on Ni and Ni- base alloys as was found by operating at 650 deg C without Li in the salt baths. The presence of U accelerates corrosion of Ni and Ni-base alloys during the Volatility Process fluorination cycle. Prior F conditioning of L Ni decreases corrosion of the material during subsequent fluorination. Prior F conditioning of INCO-61 weld metal increases the attack on INCO 61 during subsequent fluorination. Bulk metal losses on L Ni and the Ni-binary alloys containing Al, Co, Fe, or Mn are about the same during fluorination at 550 deg C with Li present in the fluoride salt baths. The presence of the alloying elements, Al, Fe, or Mn, in Ni drastically reduces or lelements intergranular attack usually found in unalloyed Ni exposed to a fluorination environment. In fluorination environments, the effect of adding Co to Ni on subsequent corrosion by intergranular attack of the binary is unclear. These reported tests showed that serious intergranular attack of a 95% Ni --5% Co specimen occurred. On the other hand, this test series and previous series showed good resistance to this form of corrosion by Ni containing 10 and 20 wt% Co. resistance to bulk metal losses, intergranular attack, and grain-boundary modifications when exposed to fluorination environments than L Ni and all Ni alloys tested. (auth)
Date: November 13, 1962
Creator: Kegley, T. M., Jr. & Litman, A. P.
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BELLOWS FAILURE IN SOLIDS SEPARATION LOOP OF THE HRT MOCKUP

Description: The failure of the valve bellows would appear to be due to a combination of stress corrosion nnd crevice corrosion. Stress corrosion occurred as evidenced by the transgranular branched cracking found in the bellows and in the base which was joined to the bellows. It seems probable that chlorides were present, which, along with the residual stresses present in the bellows assembly, created the necessary conddtions for stress corrosion to occur. Crevice corrosion occurred probably due to heavy deposits of solids at the base of the bellows, which created a condition of oxygen impoverishment. While the crater in the base may have been related to a galvanic effect created by the gold gasket, the contour of the crater would suggest that the cause of the crater was due more to crevice corrosion. (auth)
Date: February 1, 1957
Creator: Kegley, T.M. Jr. & Hammond, J.P.
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