Effects of Microdefects on the Corrosion Behavior of Uranium Materials
Uranium metal and its alloys play important roles in nuclear industry,working as configurational or functional materials.The corrosion behavior of them greatly affects the materials'performance.Material factors,including components,microstructures,defects in body and on the surface,are the internal causes to affect the corrosion resistance of uranium materials.This paper reviewed how the defects of uranium materials affect their corrosion behavior.We summarized the reported works from four aspects:impurity,inclusions,microstructures and surface states.We also discussed strategies to improve the corrosion resistance of uranium materials by modulating defects.