3D microstructures of nuclear graphite: IG-110, NBG-18 and NG-CT-10

Shi-Pei Jing; Can Zhang; Jie Pu; Hong-Yan Jiang; Hui-Hao Xia; Fang Wang; Xu Wang; Jian-Qiang Wang; Chan Jin

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3D microstructures of nuclear graphite: IG-110, NBG-18 and NG-CT-10

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- 3D microstructures of nuclear graphite: IG-110, NBG-18 and NG-CT-10
- Nuclear Science and Techniques Vol. 27, Issue 3, Article number: 66(2016)
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  1.College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Henan Normal University, Henan 453007, China
  2.Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jiading campus, 2019 Jia Luo Road, Jiading District, Shanghai 201800, China
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  Corresponding author: E-mail address: jinchan@sinap.ac.cn
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Shi-Pei Jing, Can Zhang, Jie Pu, et al. 3D microstructures of nuclear graphite: IG-110, NBG-18 and NG-CT-10. [J]. Nuclear Science and Techniques 27(3):66(2016)
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Shi-Pei Jing, Can Zhang, Jie Pu, et al. 3D microstructures of nuclear graphite: IG-110, NBG-18 and NG-CT-10. [J]. Nuclear Science and Techniques 27(3):66(2016) DOI： 10.1007/s41365-016-0071-0.

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Molten salt is used as primary coolant flowing through graphite moderator channel of a molten salt reactor. Working at high temperature under radiation environment, the pore network structure of nuclear graphite should be well understood. In this paper, X-ray tomography is employed to study the 3D pore structure characteristics of nuclear grades graphite of IG-110, NBG-18 and NG-CT-10, and permeability simulation through geometries are performed. The porosity, number of pores and throats, coordination number and pore surface are obtained. NG-CT-10 is of similar microstructure to IG-110, but differs significantly from NBG-18. The absolute permeabilities of IG-110, NG-CT-10 and NBG-18 are 0.064, 0.090 and 0.106 mD, respectively. This study provides basis for future research on graphite infiltration experiment.

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X-ray tomography3D pore network structurePermeability

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