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Corrosion and Compatibility Considerations of Liquid Metals For Fusion Reactor Application
Corrosion and Compatibility Considerations of Liquid Metals For Fusion Reactor Application
Corrosion and Compatibility Considerations of Liquid Metals For Fusion Reactor Application
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P. F, Tortorelli
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Argonne National Laboratory
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This section reviews our current understanding resisted corrosion by static lithium and it
of corrosion and mass transfer by liquid metals. decarburized significantly less 181. Carbon
The principal processes that contribute to the loss to the lithium may be further reduced by
corrosion of materials by liquid metals are use of alloying additions to stabilize the car-
dissolution, alloying, intergranular penetration, bide microstructure or by increasing the chro-
impurity transfer from or to the liquid metal, mium content of the steel. A 12 Cr-1 MO (wt %)
and thermal- and concentration-gradient mass steel (HT9) resisted decarburization by static
transfer. Given this variety of possible corro- lithium at 500°C [81.
sion phenomena, we find that liquid metal corro-
sion depends on many variables. These include The problem of interstitial transfer between
the melt itself; its impurity content; the lithium and the containment material is per-
composition, impurity content, and microstruc- tinent to refractory and reactive metals as well
ture of the containment material; temperature; as to steels. Refractory metals and titanium
exposure time; and, in flowing systems, flow are attractive for fusion applications because
velocity, AT (difference in temperature across a they have very low solubilities in lithium and
circuit), and temperature profile. Some of the former can be used at higher temperatures
these variables are more important in certain than most metals and alloys. However, their
combinations of containment material and liquid properties are very nmch affected by their
metal than in others, and these distinctions interstitial content, and the transfer of
will be discussed. interstitial impurities to or from these metals
when in contact with lithium is of concern.
This section emphasizes lithium because it is Static tests can play an important role in con-
the only low-melting metal that has been studied firming predictions of the thermodynamic
in any detail. for fusion applications. Much of equilibrium partitioning of these interstitials.
the early lithium work, however, was done in Such calculations have been based on the known
support of other programs and can be generally free energies of formation of the respective
characterized by high exposure temperatures, compounds and the solubilities of oxygen,
variable impurity concentrations in the lithium, nitrogen, carbon, and hydrogen in lithium and in
and a greater variety of structural materials the refractory and reactive metals [9,10].
(see, for example, the review by DeVan et al. Redistribution of oxygen from niobium, tantalum,
[21). In more recent years, lithium compati- and vanadium is predicted in this way and has
bility research has been focused to a greater been observed [ll-151. Recent measurements [16]
extent on steels and exposure temperatures agreed well with predictions of nitrogen
relevant to fusion program requirements. transfer from lithium to vanadium at 6OO*C.
greater in flowing than in static lithium [17]. transfer studies at low flow velocities typical
Although the effect of stress on the corrosion of semistagnant tritium-breedingblankets 1231.
of structural materials in impure lithium is Experiments at higher velocities require the use
well-documented, stress effects in "pure" of forced-convection(pumped) loops (FCLs),
lithium are not yet resolved. Recent results which also allow the flow velocity to be varied
[20] have indicated no effect of stress (103 to over a much wider range than possible with
945 K?a) on corrosion of HT9 exposed to flowing TCLs [24].
pure lithium (100-200 wt ppm N) for 1000 h at
482oc. Recent lithium TCL studies [23,25,261have
defined the mass transfer of type 316 stainless
2.2.2 Mass transfer in circulating lithium steel as a function of exposure time and
systems temperature. Material is dissolved in the
hotter region of a loop and is subsequently
Although corrosion tests in static lithium serve deposited in its cooler areas. Figure 1 shows a
an important purpose in identifying and charac- characteristicmass transfer profile for type
terizing the various reactions between lithium 316 stainless steel in flowing lithium [23].
and containment materials, an understanding of The weight changes around such loops have been
the corrosion and mass transfer of structural studied as a function of time, and both dissolu-
alloys in flowing lithium is our ultimate goal. tion and deposition rates reached steady-state
Thermal-gradientmass transfer occurs in non- (that is, time-independent)values after an ini-
isothermal systems because of the temperature tial period (150~3000 h) characterized by
dependence of solubility. Therefore, the AZ'of higher, rapidly changing rates (23,261. This
a system is very important in determining the type of dependence is shown in Fig. 2. Since
corrosion rate in a liquid metal. In general, the slope at any point along the curve in Fig. 2
the mass transfer rate of element i, Ri, at a is the instantaneousdissolution rate, this rate
particular temperature can be described as eventually becomes constant with time. After
several thousand hours of exposure to flowing
lithium, the composition and structure of the
R< = k(C, - Ci) , (1) near-surface region of type 316 stainless steel
are quite different from those of the initial
alloy (see Fig. 3). The stainless steel surface
where is preferentiallydepleted of nickel and, to a
lesser extent, chromium. The loss of nickel
k = the rate constant of the rate- destabilized the austenite and led to formation
controlling dissolution or deposi- of a ferrite layer. Experiments in nonisothermal
tion step, higher velocity lithium (FCLs) showed similar
c, = the solubility of element i in the dissolution behavior. Steady-state corrosion
liquid metal, and rates were reached (241 after about 1000 h at
Ci = the actual concentration of i in the 440 and 490°C, and loop specimens were depleted
liquid metal stream. in nickel and chromium after being exposed to
high-velocity lithium [24,27,29].-
1
mined by the metal's use in the reactor. A -120/- l I
fluid used solely for tritium breeding could be I 0
I
manganese; preferential deposition has been *(0.02) (2.21,
observed in electromagnetic pump ducts [37,38]
and magnetic flowmeter tubing [37]. Therefore, (i.811
TCL experiments, which are free from the effects \
O(O.02) (0.5)
of magnetic fields, appear to yield different
deposition results. (0.21A -
1
particular fusion application. The most
complete data for any alloy, under relevant -1
conditions, are the measurements for type 316 \
stainless steel, but any data correlation suf-
fers from the varied conditions of the different
experiments. Under the semistagnant condition
typical of TCLs, dissolution rates from 10 to ,001 I I
30 mg/(m"h) have recently been reported for 4.o i.2 4.4 1.6
6OO'C exposures [23,33]. The data from FCL l/T (A0-3 K)
tests vary over a broader range. Figure 4 is a
compilation of applicable data and shows this Figure 4 : Arrhenius plot of corrosion rate
scatter. (The plot and the slope of the data for type 316 stainless steel exposed to
arbitrarily drawn line are based on the assump- flowing lithium. Numbers in parentheses repre-
tion of an Arrhenius temperature dependence for sent flow velocities in m/s. Open symbols are
the dissolution rate [23]). As indicated in data from thermal-convection loops; rest of data
Fig. 4, some of the variance in the data can be is from forced-convection loops.
related to the respective nitrogen concentrations
of the lithium. Ihe inverse temperature depend- resistance. Indeed, a recent study using
ence found in one study [24] was attributed to TCLs (401 showed that the mass transfer rate at
the sluggishness of the austenite-ferrite trans- 500°C was proportional to the initial nickel
formation at the lower temperature. The data in concentration for alloys containing between 10
Fig. 4 and additional results from FCL studies and 30 wt % Ni. Other work [41] in flowing
[24,27,29] show a definite dependence of the lithium indicated that although higher nickel
corrosion rate on flow velocity. In particular, (40 and 52 wt %) alloys are corroded more than
measurements of corrosion rates as a function of type 316 stainless steel, the degradation is not
velocity t241 indicated that fluid mechanics a simple function of the nickel content at these
played a major role in determining the corrosion concentrations. These results would lead us to
rate of type 316 stainless steel by lithium. expect that an Fe-Cr-Mo alloy such as
Additionally, a TCL study [231 yielded an acti- 2 l/4 Cr-1 MO steel or HT9 [12 Cr-1 MO (wt %)I
vation energy for dissolution that was indicative would have better resistance to corrosion by
of rate control by liquid-phase diffusion, which lithium than an austenitic stainless steel.
would be consistent with a velocity-dependent However, after a transient period, the steady-
corrosion rate. Magnetohydrodynamic effects state dissolution rates of austenitic and
arising from lithium flowing in the magnetic ferritic steels should be approximately equal
fields of a fusion reactor currently constitute since, as described above, a nickel-depleted
an unknown factor but may influence corrosion. ferritic surface forms on the austenitic steel
Such possibilities have recently been and at steady state would be similar in surface
discussed [39]. composition to that of Fe-Cr-Mo alloys similarly
exposed. The total amount of material removed
Even less corrosion data relevant to fusion con- will still be greater for the austenitic steel
ditions are available for other alloys and because of its higher initial corrosion rate,
metals in lithium. However, from our present and this could lead to earlier flow restriction
understanding of lithium corrosion, we can spec- by mass transfer deposits.
ulate on the relative resistance of various
materials to mass transfer in lithium. The Currently available data indicate that corrosion
preferential depletion of nickel from austenitic rates of austenitic and ferritic steels would
stainless steel exposed to flowing lithium probably be acceptable (<15 pm/year) for service
strongly indicates that reducing the nickel con- below 45O-500°C in pure lithium, particularly at
centration of an alloy would improve corrosion low flow velocities. The higher strength, higher
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nickel alloys are more corroded in lithium and for a similar steel in a lithium TCL with a
thus are unacceptable for use in lithium at such maximum temperature of 650°C was 17 mg/(m2'h)
temperatures unless an effective corrosion inhi- ]25]. In general, increasing the nickel and/or
bition technique could be employed (see below). manganese contents of containment alloys results
If impurity levels are controlled, the refractory in significant increases in their corrosion
metals and titanium (t5OO"C) would be the best rates in bismuth [47]. For ferritic steels,
materials in terms of corrosion resistance to corrosion increased with an increase in chromium
lithium. content but was reduced by increased carbon
concentrations [4+47]. As with other liquid
2.2.3 Corrosion inhibition in lithium systems metals, corrosion by bismuth was accelerated by
increases in maximum loop temperature and the
The development of techniques to inhibit corro- temperature differential of the loop [45,46].
sion by lithium may help to reduce the extent of Certain refractory metals were corrosion-
mass transfer and possibly allow the use of an resistant to bismuth at temperatures up to 7OO'C
alloy that would otherwise be unsuitable for (with a AZ' of lOO*C): MO, Ta-8 wt % W-2 wt % hf,
lithium service. Aluminized layers formed by and Ta-lo wt % W [47,49]. Niobium, on the other
additions of aluminum to lithium have been hand, was not compatible with bismuth at the
found [42] to reduce corrosion of alloy 600 temperatures investigated (27OO'C) ]49,50].
176 ~i-8 Fe-16 Cr (wt %>] in static lithium and
to decrease the mass transfer of type 316 The unacceptably high corrosion rates of iron-
stainless steel in flowing lithium by a factor base alloys in bismuth can be reduced by
of 5. Work with preformed commercially prepared inhibitor techniques. The most effective method
aluminide diffusion surface coatings 1411 showed is the addition of zirconium 0100 ppm) to the
that such coatings reduced the attack of high- bismuth [45-481, which results in substantially
nickel alloys by flowing lithium at 400°C. At lower mass transfer rates (see Table 1). The
this low temperature,however, no real benefit zirconium in the bismuth inhibits the corrosion
of the aluminide coatings was found for type 316 of steels by surface reaction with nitrogen and,
stainless and ferritic steels [41]. In fact, possibly, carbon to form inert surface layers of
aluminization of ferritic steels may adversely ZrN and ZrC 145,461. Factors influencing the
affect their mechanical properties during expo- nitrogen and carbon activities and distributions
sure to lithium 18,411. Nickel-bearingalloys affect the inhibition and, therefore, the corro-
with adherent coatings of MO, Mo-Ti, and Al sion resistance of steel in bismuth ]45]. The
(applied from a molten sodium solution) were ZrN may spa11 [45,48], but increasing the nitro-
resistant to corrosive attack by flowing lithium gen concentration in the steel can possibly
at temperatures up to 900°C 1431. Furthermore, reduce spallation 146,481.
the addition of aluminum to static nitrogen-
contaminated lithium decreased the corrosive-
nesa [44]. Therefore, effective corrosion Table 1. Corrosion rate of steels in
inhibition in lithium systems can be realized in Bismutha
from using mechanically stable surfaces composed
of elements or intermetalliccompounds that Corrosion Rate (g/m2*h)
resist solution in lithium. Tmax = 700°C, AT = 50°C
Steel
2.3 Bismuth and Lead Bi+MgC Bi f Mgc + Zr
As noted above, molten bismuth, lead, or lead- Mild steel 12.1 <O.l
bismuth may be used for neutron multiplication 2 l/4 Cr-1 MO 16.5 1.9
in conjunction with a solid tritium-breeding 13 Cr 17.7 5.2
material. Such liquid metals might be used in a 18 Cr-8 Ni 24.8 5.2
semistagnant condition, with flow simply arising
from relatively small temperature gradients aFrom Ref. [47].
across the melts. Much of the experimentalwork &ajor alloy additions are listed
on corrosion by these liquid metals is over 20 (nominal wt 4).
years old and is not directly relevant to fusion OMg is added to control the oxygen
applications. This review will therefore activity in the Bi.
address the general materials considerationsfor
corrosion by bismuth, lead, and lead-bismuth.
Although lead can also be quite corrosive
Bismuth is very aggressive toward iron-base [46,47,51-531, it is not as aggressive as pure
alloys 145-691. Measurements of corrosion rates bismuth [46,471. Corrosion experiments with
of selected iron-base alloys in bismuth TCLs f47] lead [52] have indicated a qualitative rela-
are shown in Table 1. These rates are much tionship between the solubility of the alloy in
greater than those that would be measured in the lead and the attack by lead. Because of the
pure lithium under similar conditions. For large solubility of nickel in lead [54], nickel
example, although the dissolution rate of and some nickel-rich alloys are readily corroded
18 Cr-8 Ni fwt X) stainless steel in a bismuth [51,521. However, intermetallic compound for-
TCL with a maxirmm temperature of 700°C was mation in some of these alloys can give a con-
reported [47] as 25 x lo3 mg/(m2'h), the rate
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strength (UTS) and ductility of the material effect of lithium was greatly reduced at higher
have been determined as a function of temper- temperatures. The creep strength of austenitic
ature, strain rate, and purity of lithium. stainless steel tested at 700°C in a flowing
Between 200 and 800°C, the strength and, most lithium TCL was significantly lower than that in
particularly, the ductility of Armco iron in static lithium or in argon [17]. The long-term
lithium were considerably lower than in vacuum creep strength of austenitic stainless steel at
[581. Test specimens showed evidence of grain 7OO'C in filtered lithium or lithium contaminated
boundary penetration. The degree of weakening with 1 wt % N or 0 was not significantly dif-
of the grain boundaries depended on temperature ferent from that in argon. These results are
and strain rate. The tensile strength of surprising in that nitrogen can increase corro-
Fe-18 Cr-10 Ni (wt. %) stainless steel tested at sion of stainless steels (see above). However,
200 to 1000°C was not significantly affected by the concentration of nitrogen in the filtered
lithium [17]. The effect of lithium on ductility lithium samples was not specified for these
depended on strain rate and temperature. The tests. It could have been sufficiently high
effect is negligible at a strain rate of that further addition of 1% N had no effect.
2.7 X 1(r3/s, but at 4 X 1e5/s the elongation The significance of corrosion processes on the
is noticeably reduced above 300°C. degradation of mechanical properties of materials
has been demonstrated by use of a diffusion
The influence of lithium exposure on room- coating on the metal surface to eliminate direct
temperature tensile properties of stainless and metal-lithium contact and thereby inhibit corro-
low-alloy steels depends primarily on the extent sion and its effect on strength [43,601.
of the various corrosion phenomena, such as
selective leaching of substitutional elements, The influence of a lithium environment on the
interstitial element transfer, and grain bound- fatigue properties has recently been investi-
ary penetration [8,17,59]. Factors that gated in an FCL with lithium of controlled
increase corrosion significantly reduce tensile purity [341. The low-cycle fatigue properties
strength. For example, preexposure of HT9 to of HT9 alloy and type 304 stainless steel were
static lithium at 500°C had no significant strongly influenced by the concentration of
effect on tensile strength, but that of low-alloy nitrogen in the lithium. Fatigue-life data for
2 l/4 Cr-1 MO steel exposed to lithium at 500 to HT9 tested at 482°C in lithium containing dif-
600°C was reduced because of decarburization ferent levels of nitrogen are shown in Fig. 5.
181. Tensile properties of Fe-18 Cr-9 Ni (wt %) The fatigue life of HT9 alloy in lithium con-
steel exposed to stagnant lithium did not change taining 1000 to 1500 wt ppm N was a factor of 2
significantly, but specimens exposed to flowing to 5 lower than that in lithium with 100 to 200
lithium suffered sharp reductions in tensile wt ppm N. The fatigue life in low-nitrogen
strength [17]. lithium was not significantly different from
that in sodium. Increased corrosion due to high
The creep strength also was affected by lithium nitrogen content in lithium was reflected in the
exposure [17,58]. The time to rupture of Armco fracture mode; specimens tested in high-nitrogen
iron in 400°C lithium was five to six orders of lithium showed intergranular fracture and grain-
magnitude smaller than that in argon. The boundary cracks on the surface [34].
CYCLES TO FAILURE.N(
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The effects of corrosion on fatigue crack growth about the same as that in air, but a drastic
rates of steels in a static lithium environment reduction in fatigue strength was observed at a
have also been studied. At high nitrogen con- strain rate of 5.3 X 1(r3/s t70,711. The
centrations in the lithium, over the frequency reverse strain-rate effect in liquid metals is
range of 0.067 to 20 Hz, the fatigue crack explained by accelerated grain boundary dif-
growth rates of prenotched samples of type 304L fusion of liquid metal under high cyclic
stainless steel at 7OO“C and 2 l/4 Cr-1 MO steel stresses. The absence of the harmful effects at
at 5OO'C were greater than those in argon slow strain rates is associated with the relax-
[61-631. For 2 l/4 Cr-1 Mo steel, the crack ation of local stresses such that conditions
propagation rate was greater at higher fre- conducive to grain-boundary diffusion by the
quencies. The effect of this type of lithium liquid metal cannot be produced.
environment was reflected in the observed
intergranular fracture at all frequencies for 4. SUMMARY
type 304L stainless steel and at low frequencies
for 2 l/4 Cr-1 MO steel. At higher frequencies Materials compatibility considerations for the
the fracture of the 2 l/4 Cr-1 MO steel was uses of liquid metals in fusion reactors have
transgranular with cleavage facets. These been reviewed. Most of the fusion-relevant com-
results indicate that liquid lithium may cause patibility research has been lithium-related, so
embrittlement under certain material and test the effects of a lithium environment are
conditions, such as high nitrogen levels, high discussed in the most detail.
cyclic frequencies, and stress risers. However,
these effects appear to be associated with Corrosion by liquid lithium may take several
increased grain boundary corrosion or selective forms and may include dissolution, grain bound-
attack along preferred crystallographic planes ary penetration, and interstitial and mass
rather than with surface-active processes transfer. These processes primarily involve
relating to classic liquid metal embrittlement. bulk phenomena. Sufficiently high nitrogen
levels in lithium will increase corrosivity to
3.2 Lead, Bismuth, and Lead-Bismuth Environments ferrous alloys and have a deleterious effect on
fatigue resistance. Although more work is
The embrittlement of materials under the required to define corrosion processes in
influence of surface-active liquid metals has lithium, it appears that applications of ferrous
been the subject of several investigations. alloys exposed to pure lithium will probably be
Armco iron and low-alloy steels wetted with limited to service temperatures of 450 to 500°C
lead, bismuth, or lead-bismuth eutectic severely by mass transfer and deposition effects.
lost ductility between 200 and 4OO'C [66-66]. Corrosion inhibition by aluminized layers can
The tensile strength also decreased continuously reduce the corrosion of certain alloys by
and reached a minimum at 400°C. The largest lithium and raise the effective service tem-
drop of ductility was observed at approximately perature limits. Most of the data on the
350°C. Specimens exposed to embrittling metals effects of a lithium environment on mechanical
failed as a result of the growth of a brittle properties have been obtained in static lithium.
crack, whereas in an inert environment they Further mechanical tests in flowing lithium of
failed by ductile fracture. The temperature controlled purity are required to definitively
range for embrittlement extends considerably establish the influence of test and environ-
below the melting point of the melt and is mental variables on mechanical properties.
related to the temperature interval of reduced
plasticity or "blue brittleness" of specimens Corrosion of ferrous alloys by heavier molten
tested in vacuum. Stress relaxation in this metals (Pb, Bi, Pb-Bi, Pb-Li) can be severe,
temperature range is inhibited and thus promotes although inhibition techniques are available.
strain hardening, which is more pronounced in Corrosion considerations would favor lead or
specimens deformed in liquid metals [64,67]. lead-bismuth over bismuth for use as a neutron
multiplier. The corrosivity of lead-lithium
The influence of lead-bismuth eutectic environ- depends on the relative amounts of lead and
ment on the fatigue strength of ferritic and lithium. Use of heavier metals may signifi-
austenitic steels has been investigated at tem- cantly affect the mechanical properties of the
peratures between 300 and 600°C [68,69]. The containment materials. Data on corrosion by
fatigue strength of various grades of steels these liquid metals under fusion-related con-
when wetted by molten lead-bismuth eutectic was ditions are needed.
substantially reduced by penetration of the
liquid metal along the grain boundaries. The In the absence of impurity effects, refractory
deleterious effects of liquid lead-bismuth metals are, in most cases, the most resistant
eutectic can be prevented by the formation of an materials to corrosion by liquid metals.
oxide film on the steel surface, which, if
maintained, inhibits the wetting of the steel by ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
the liquid metal. 'Ihe weakening effect of lead-
bismuth eutectic can also be eliminated by The authors thank .I. H. DeVan and F. W. Wiffen
controlling the cyclic frequency. The fatigue for reviewing the manuscript, S. Peterson for
life of low-alloy steel tested in liquid lead- editing, and K. L. Perry and A. J. Carter for
bismuth at a strain rate of 8.0 X 10-6/s was report preparation.
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