Commissariat &#xc0; L'&#xc9;nergie Atomique Et Aux &#xc9;nergies Alternatives

Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique

Institut National Polytechnique De Grenoble

Elf Aquitaine

Institut National Polytechnique De Toulouse

Michel Pons

Fernando Lomello

Francis Maury

Frédéric Schuster

Alexandre Michau

Raphaël Boichot

Pierre Bou

Francis Baillet

Jean Jacques Guilleminot

Roland Madar

Ludovic Charpentier

Etienne Pernot

Didier Chaussende

Daniel Turover

The invention is directed to a nuclear reactor component that includes i) a support containing a substrate based on a metal, the substrate being coated or not coated with an interposed layer positioned between the substrate and at least one protective layer and ii) a protective layer composed of a protective material, including partially metastable chromium, coating the support.

Nuclear reactor component having a coating of partially metastable chromium

Composite nuclear component comprising i) a support containing a substrate comprising a metallic material and a ceramic material (), the substrate () being coated or not coated with an interposed layer () positioned between the substrate () and at least one protective layer () and ii) the protective layer () composed of a protective material comprising chromium; the process comprising a step a) of vaporizing a mother solution followed by a step b) of depositing the protective layer () onto the support via a DLI-MOCVD deposition process. The composite nuclear component has improved resistance to oxidation and/or migration of undesired material. The invention also relates to the use of the composite nuclear component for combating oxidation and/or degradation of the ceramic material contained in the substrate.

Composite nuclear component, DLI-MOCVD method for producing same, and uses for controlling oxidation/hydridation

Process for manufacturing a composite nuclear component comprising i) a support containing a substrate comprising a metallic material and a ceramic material (), the substrate () being coated or not coated with an interposed layer () positioned between the substrate () and at least one protective layer () and ii) the protective layer () composed of a protective material comprising chromium; the process comprising a step a) of vaporizing a mother solution followed by a step b) of depositing the protective layer () onto the support via a DLI-MOCVD deposition process. Composite nuclear component comprising i) a support containing a substrate comprising a metallic material and a ceramic material (), the substrate () being coated or not coated with an interposed layer () positioned between the substrate () and at least one protective layer () and ii) the protective layer () composed of a protective material comprising chromium; the process comprising a step a) of vaporizing a mother solution followed by a step b) of depositing the protective layer () onto the support via a DLI-MOCVD deposition process. The composite nuclear component has improved resistance to oxidation and/or migration of undesired material. The invention also relates to the use of the composite nuclear component for combating oxidation and/or degradation of the ceramic material contained in the substrate.

Process for manufacturing a nuclear component comprising i) a support containing a substrate based on a metal (), the substrate () being coated or not coated with an interposed layer () positioned between the substrate () and at least one protective layer () and ii) the protective layer () composed of a protective material comprising chromium; the process comprising a step a) of vaporizing a mother solution followed by a step b) of depositing the protective layer () onto the support via a process of chemical vapor deposition of an organometallic compound by direct liquid injection (DLI-MOCVD).

Process of manufacture a nuclear component with metal substrate by DLI-MOCVD and method against oxidation/hydriding of nuclear component

A composite nuclear reactor component comprises a support and a protective layer (). The support contains a substrate () based on a metal. The substrate is coated with an interposed layer () positioned between the substrate () and the protective layer (). The protective layer () is composed of a material which comprises amorphous chromium carbide. The nuclear reactor component provides for improved resistance to oxidation, hydriding, and/or migration of undesired material.

Nuclear reactor component having a coating of amorphous chromium carbide

Process for the chemical vapor deposition by DLI-MOCVD on a substrate of a protective coating composed of at least one protective layer comprising a transition metal M:

Method for depositing a coating by DLI-MOCVD with direct recycling of the precursor compound

Process for manufacturing a nuclear component that includes i) a support containing a substrate based on a metal, the substrate being coated or not coated with an interposed layer positioned between the substrate and at least one protective layer and ii) the protective layer composed of a protective material including partially metastable chromium; the process includes a step a) of vaporizing a mother solution followed by a step b) of depositing the protective layer onto the support via a process of chemical vapor deposition of an organometallic compound by direct liquid injection (DLI-MOCVD).

Nuclear component with metastable Cr coating, DLI-MOCVD method for producing same, and uses for controlling oxidation/hydridation

Process for manufacturing a nuclear component comprising i) a support containing a substrate based on a metal (), the substrate () being coated or not coated with an interposed layer () positioned between the substrate () and at least one protective layer () and ii) the protective layer () composed of a protective material comprising amorphous chromium carbide; the process comprising a step a) of vaporizing a mother solution followed by a step b) of depositing the protective layer () onto the support via a process of chemical vapor deposition of an organometallic compound by direct liquid injection (DLI-MOCVD).

Method of using DLI-MOCVD to provide a nuclear reactor component with a coating of amorphous chromium carbide

The invention concerns a device () for forming in single-crystal state a compound body with incongruent evaporation, capable of being in monocrystalline or polycrystalline form, comprising at least one first chamber () containing a substrate () whereat is formed a polycrystalline source of said body and a monocrystalline germ () of said body; a second chamber (), said substrate being arranged between the two chambers; means for input () of gaseous precursors of said body into the second chamber capable of bringing about deposition of said body in polycrystalline form on the substrate; and heating means () for maintaining the substrate at a temperature higher than the temperature of the germ so as to bring about sublimation of the polycrystalline source and the deposition on the germ of said body in monocrystalline form.

Formation of single-crystal silicon carbide

A method for forming catalytic sites at the surface of a support, which includes: depositing on the surface a liquid film () containing elements () of a living matter, capable of moving when subjected to an electric and/or magnetic field and designed to form catalytic traces or alterations at the surface of the substrate; applying an electric and/or magnetic field to the film such that, under the effect of the field, at least some of the living matter elements move and assemble on zones of the substrate surface; and eliminating the liquid film and the living matter at the substrate surface while allowing the traces left by the living element at the substrate surface to subsist so as to constitute the catalytic sites at the locations of the traces.

Method for forming catalytic sites at the surface of a support

An active composite, consisting of a compressed support and of at least one agent that is active with respect to a gas, the compressed support comprising recompressed expanded graphite having a relative density of between 0.02 and 1.5, is formed from a series of sheets superposed on top of one another. According to the invention, the active agent is dispersed between the sheets in the form of granules.

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Michel Pons