Perché è rilevante per i materiali
Nuclear's material demands are unusual: small tonnages of extraordinary specification. Zirconium alloy tubing with hafnium removed, boron and gadolinium for neutron control, and steels qualified to survive decades of radiation damage.
Di cosa è composto
Tutti i materiali →| Materiale | Cosa fa qui | Importanza |
|---|---|---|
| Boron critico | Neutron absorber in control and coolant chemistry | Definizione di |
| Hafnium critico | Control rods | Definizione di |
| Uranium | The fuel | Definizione di |
| Zirconium critico | Fuel-rod cladding | Definizione di |
| Chromium critico | Corrosion resistance in reactor steels | Importante |
| Copper critico | Generator and switchyard | Importante |
| Fluorspar critico | Fluorine for uranium hexafluoride | Importante |
| Gadolinium critico | Burnable neutron poison in fuel | Importante |
| Nickel critico | Alloys for steam generators | Importante |
| Silver critico | Control-rod alloy in some PWR designs | Presente |
Boron
An element that makes glass resist thermal shock, fibreglass strong, and — with iron and neodymium — the strongest…
Hafnium
Zirconium's chemical shadow — always found with it, almost impossible to separate from it, and the opposite of it in…
Uranium
A heavy, faintly radioactive metal whose nucleus can be split, releasing about two million times more energy per…
Zirconium
A metal that barely absorbs neutrons, which is why nuclear fuel rods are wrapped in it, and whose sand form is a…
Chromium
The element that makes stainless steel stainless — at about eleven percent chromium, steel grows an invisible film…
Copper
The reddish metal that carries electricity better than anything except silver, and which humans have been smelting…
