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Author:

Spengler, David Joseph

Title:

Evolution of the Oxide Microstructure and Oxide Growth Induced Residual Strains During Waterside Corrosion of Zirconium Alloys

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

zircaloy-4
corrosion
zirconium oxide
synchrotron radiation
X-ray diffraction

File:

Download Spengler_MSthesis_2012_Final3.pdf

Committee Members:

Arthur Thompson Motta, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ensor, Brendan Melvin

Title:

THE NATURE OF UNSTABLE OXIDE GROWTH IN ZIRCONIUM AND ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

zirconium
zirconium alloy
fuel cladding
corrosion
synchrotron radiation
X-ray diffraction
XANES
neutron irradiated
Zircaloy-4
hydrogen
breakaway oxidation
strain
stress
plastic deformation
oxide growth
X-ray fluorescence
Raman spectroscopy
tetragonal fraction
grain size

File:

Download Brendan_Ensor_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Arthur Thompson Motta, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Arthur Thompson Motta, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Tonks, Committee Member
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Committee Member
Allison Michelle Beese, Outside Member
Ashley Lucente, Special Member
John Seidensticker, Special Member

Author:

Bouhaddane, Pierre Yanis

Title:

Examinations of BWR-corroded Zircaloy-2 water rods with XANES and XRD to investigate the role of nickel in enhancing hydrogen pickup at high burnup

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Zircaloy-2
hydrogen pickup
XANES
nickel
X-ray diffraction
XRD
zirconium oxide
in-reactor corrosion
high burnup
water rods
oxidation state
Zry-2
zirconium alloys
oxidation
corrosion

File:

Download Bouhaddane_Pierre_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jon Schwantes, Program Head/Chair
Xing Wang, Major Field Member
Arthur Motta, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Hojong Kim, Outside Unit & Field Member
Marek Flaska, Major Field Member