Crevice Corrosion Behavior of Type 316L Stainless Steel in Gamma-ray Irradiated High-temperature Water

Crevice-corrosion tests were performed in gamma-ray irradiated high-temperature water of 288 °C on Type 316L stainless steel. The gamma-ray dose rate was about 30 kGy h −1 . Tested specimen surfaces were analyzed using SEM, laser Raman spectroscopy and TEM/EDX. Experimental data were presented in order to show the differences made by the irradiation and crevice-shape simulated structure. Both gamma-ray irradiation and crevice-shape simulated structure changed the corrosion phenomena. On the gamma-ray irradiated crevice-shape simulated surface, α-Fe 2 O 3 particles more than 5 μm in diameter were observed. It suggested that corrosion environment on the crevice-shape simulated surface became severer by gamma-ray irradiation.