其对材料领域的意义
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.
其组成成分
所有材料 →| 材料 | 其在此处的用途 | 重要性 |
|---|---|---|
| Boron 关键 | Neutron absorber in control and coolant chemistry | 定义 |
| Hafnium 关键 | Control rods | 定义 |
| Uranium | The fuel | 定义 |
| Zirconium 关键 | Fuel-rod cladding | 定义 |
| Chromium 关键 | Corrosion resistance in reactor steels | 重要 |
| Copper 关键 | Generator and switchyard | 重要 |
| Fluorspar 关键 | Fluorine for uranium hexafluoride | 重要 |
| Gadolinium 关键 | Burnable neutron poison in fuel | 重要 |
| Nickel 关键 | Alloys for steam generators | 重要 |
| Silver 关键 | Control-rod alloy in some PWR designs | 至今 |
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…
