Effect of soaking time on properties of non-prototype material (CaO-Fe2O3; 21:79 by wt. %)

Pandey, Vijay Kumar; Jatav, Sunil Kumar; Pandel, Upender; Duchaniya, Rajendra Kumar

doi:10.1016/j.matpr.2020.01.121

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“…Some investigations have been performed by previous researchers are discussed further. The analysis of thermophysical properties of CaO-Fe2O3 at different temperature and time have been conducted and found similar to that of corium [10]. Recently, an effect of air quenching of simulant material (CaO-Fe2O3 and CaO-B2O3) on its properties have been reported that the morphology, phases and thermal properties altered when heat treated at different temperatures [11,12].…”

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Effect of composition on thermal stability and microstructural behaviour of non-prototype material (CaO-Fe2O3)

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The role of simulant materials becomes necessary for the predictive study of the nuclear severe accident phenomena due to its similarity with corium (a liquid form of UO2 and steel). Since simulant material is eco-friendly and has similar properties to corium, it has been widely used in the research field of severe accident management. In this study, material CaO-Fe2O3 a non-eutectic binary mixture is considered for characterization purpose to address the thermophysical properties at different compositional ratios. The CaO-Fe2O3 powder mixture was prepared in mortar for 40 minutes manually to form a homogeneous mixture and then cylindrical pellets prepared at five different ratios with the help of the phase diagram. Further, these pellets were heat-treated at 1200°C for three hours soaking time to address its thermal stability in a programmable electric furnace. Finally, pellets ground into powder form manually for further characterization. Initially, the weight loss analysis was reported by measurement of dimensions of pellets before and after heat treatment. The thermal properties, phase analysis, and morphological studies have been carried out through DSC, XRD and FE-SEM in laboratory and results were discussed in the context of the property of ideal simulant materials used for the study of nuclear severe accidents. The melting point of all the samples were found stable (1200°C-1230°C) and values of activation energy and specific heat were well synchronized between with and without heat-treated samples. Dislocation density of samples increases significantly with increasing the proportion value of calcium oxide after heat treatment.

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