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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2004
Applicants:
Daniel Charquet, Albertville, FR;
Jean-paul Mardon, Caluire, FR;
Jean Senevat, Annecy, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Framatome ANP, Courbevoie, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention proposes a zirconium-based alloy also containing, by weight, apart from unavoidable impurities, from 0.02 to 1% of iron, from 0.8% to 2.3% of niobium, less than 2000 ppm of tin, less than 2000 ppm of oxygen, less than 80 ppm of carbon, from 5 to 35 ppm of sulphur and less than 0.25% in total of chromium and/or vanadium, the ratio R of the niobium content less 0.5% to the iron content, optionally supplemented by the chromium and/or vanadium content, being lower than 3.