Zirconium-based alloys have served the nuclear industry for several decades due to their
acceptable properties for nuclear cores of light water reactors (LWRs). However, severe …

Zirconium-based coatings have found important uses ranging from functional deposits on
carbon fibers, field emitters, nuclear fuel particles, and dental and body implants to …

In order to investigate a protective coating approach for nuclear applications, two different
aluminum rich layers were deposited on T91 steel coupons: Ti-Al-N films were grown via …

Chromium–chromium nitride multi-coating barriers were synthesized on HT9 steel disks
using the electroplating and radiofrequency (RF) plasma nitriding techniques, respectively …

As a candidate technology for accident tolerant fuel (ATF), surface modified Zr cladding has
captured the interest of an army of nuclear workers in the past few years. In this paper, three …

Zirconium-based coatings exhibit a range of useful properties such as high hardness, high
temperature stability, biocompatibility, and good resistance to wear, erosion, corrosion and …

Laser surface treatment of amorphous Ti-Al-C (50: 25: 25 at.%) coating deposited on
Zircaloy-4 substrate by dc magnetron sputtering was parametrically investigated as a …

The present work is aimed to investigate the influences of arc current on the microstructure
evolution of the as-deposited Cr coatings for accident tolerant fuel. Cr coatings were …

The present study deals with nanostructured TiAlN coating materials irradiated by 1.4 MeV
N+ ions with different fluences and temperatures. The TiAlN coatings were synthesized by …

The radiation tolerance of TiAlN coatings under irradiation with 200 keV Ar+ ions is studied
at room temperature. The ion fluence varied in the range of 1· 10 16–2· 10 17 ions/cm 2. The …