Westinghouse Electric Company LLC

Ronald Kesterson

John P Foster

Anand M Garde

Mats Dahlback

Robert J Comstock

Guirong Pan

Jonna Partezana Mundorff

Michael A McClarren

David Colburn

Terrence Cook

Dianna Lynn Svec Nuhfer

Hsiang Ken Yueh

James A Boshers

Penney File

Anand Garde

Michael Mcclarren

Ken Yueh Hsiang

Articles, such as tubing or strips, which have excellent corrosion resistance to water or steam at elevated temperatures, are produced from alloys having 0.2 to 1.5 weight percent niobium, 0.01 to 0.6 weight percent iron, and optionally additional alloy elements selected from the group consisting of tin, chromium, copper, vanadium, and nickel with the balance at least 97 weight percent zirconium, including impurities, where a necessary final heat treatment includes one of i) a SRA or PRXA (15-20% RXA) final heat treatment, or ii) a PRXA (80-95% RXA) or RXA final heat treatment.

Zirconium alloys with improved corrosion/creep resistance due to final heat treatments

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