Preparation of CMAS, LZS glass-ceramics and study of the glass ceramics anti-corrosion properties in liquid leadbismuth eutectic at 500°C

Liquid lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE) was an important candidate material for the fourth generation reactor coolant. Its high temperature and heavy metal corrosion conditions put forward higher requirements for the corrosion resistance of reactor structural materials. As a new kind of special material, glass-ceramic material, which possesses the excellent properties of glass and ceramics, has good mechanical property, wear-resisting property and corrosion resistance. The LBE corrosion behavior of glass-ceramics at typical operating temperatures of nuclear reactors was investigated. The lead bismuth corrosion test was carried out under the condition of oxygen saturation at 500°C for 500h. The lead bismuth corrosion resistance of the two glass ceramic samples in static LBE was analyzed by means of scanning electron microscope (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). After 500 h corrosion in oxygen saturated liquid LBE at 500°C, there was no obvious corrosion on the surface of CMAS glass ceramics. Its dense microstructure and stable phase composition effectively prevented the penetration of Pb and Bi elements, and had good resistance to corrosion; The surface of LZS glass ceramics was covered with a layer of loose and porous compounds, and the thickness of the corrosion zone was 10 μm, which occurred a certain degree of lead-bismuth corrosion, and its corrosion resistance was poor. The results showed that under the same corrosion conditions, no lead bismuth corrosion behavior was found on the surface of CaO-MgO-Al₂O₃-SiO₂ (CMAS) glass-ceramic, while there was a corrosion layer with a thickness of about 10 μm on the surface of Li₂O-ZnO-SiO₂ (LZS) glass-ceramic, indicating that the lead bismuth corrosion resistance of CMAS glass ceramics was significantly better than that of LZS glass ceramics.