Speaker
Simon Middleburgh
(Bangor University)
Description
A combination of materials modelling techniques and targeted experimental investigations have identified the manner in which non-stoichiometry is accommodated in both crystalline and amorphous ZrO$_2$. Not only is excess oxygen possible in both crystalline and amorphous ZrO$_2$, but it is found that there is a high propensity for significant deviations–especially in the amorphous system–forming ZrO$_{2+x}$. This has clear implications to the behaviour and degradation of ZrO$_2$ as the boundary oxide protecting zirconium alloys within a water cooled nuclear power reactor.
Primary author
Simon Middleburgh
(Bangor University)
Co-authors
Ms
Megan Owen
(Bangor University)
Dr
Michael Rushton
(Bangor University)
Dr
Antoinne Claisse
(Westinghouse Electric Sweden AB)
Dr
Iuliia Ipatova
(Bangor University)
Dr
Evitts Lee
(Bangor University)
Prof.
William Lee
(Bangor University)
