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Reactor Grade Zirconium
Categories: Metal; Nonferrous Metal; Zirconium Alloy; Pure Element

Material Notes: Characteristics:
  • Unalloyed, highly-purified Zirconium
  • Ductile
  • Mechanical Properties similar to titanium and austenitic stainless steel
  • Corrosion resistance is variable
  • Transparent to thermal energy neutrons.
  • Forms adherent, refractory double-oxide layer above 650°C
  • Highly anisotropic, undergoes allotropic transormation from hcp-structured alpha phase to bcc-structured beta phase at 865°C

Applications:

  • Inner lining of Zirconium alloy cladding tubes for Water-cooled Nuclear reactors

Key Words: Zirconium, Zr; UNS R60001
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Physical PropertiesOriginal ValueComments
Density 6.50 g/cc
Vapor Pressure 0.0100 torr
@Temperature 2000 °C
 900 torr
@Temperature 3600 °C
 
Mechanical PropertiesOriginal ValueComments
Hardness, Rockwell A 49Estimated from Vickers
Hardness, Rockwell B 78Estimated from Vickers
Hardness, Vickers 150Annealed Sample
Tensile Strength, Ultimate >= 290 MPa
Tensile Strength, Yield >= 138 MPa
@Strain 0.2 %
Elongation at Break 25 %in 50 mm
Modulus of Elasticity 99.3 GPa
Poissons Ratio 0.35
Shear Modulus 36.2 GPa
 
Electrical PropertiesOriginal ValueComments
Electrical Resistivity 0.0000397 ohm-cmTemp Coefficient is 0.0044/°C at 20°C
Magnetic Susceptibility 0.00000134cgs/g; pure Zr
Critical Magnetic Field Strength, Oersted 47Pure Zr
Critical Superconducting Temperature 0.595 - 0.625 Kpure Zr
 
Thermal PropertiesOriginal ValueComments
Heat of Fusion 250 J/g
Heat of Vaporization 6490 J/g
CTE, linear 5.89 µm/m-°C
@Temperature 25.0 °C
 6.30 µm/m-°C
@Temperature 250 °C
 6.90 µm/m-°C
@Temperature 500 °C
Specific Heat Capacity 0.285 J/g-°C
Thermal Conductivity 22.0 W/m-K
Melting Point 1852 °C
Boiling Point 4377 °C
 
Optical PropertiesOriginal ValueComments
Emissivity (0-1) 0.32650 nm; unoxidized pure Zr sample; total
 
Component Elements PropertiesOriginal ValueComments
Oxygen, O 0.80 %
Zirconium, Zr 99 %
 
Descriptive Properties
Alpha Phase Crystal Structurehcp< 865°C
Beta Phase Crystal Structurebcc> 865°C

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