Study of the Mechanical Behavior of the Hydride Blister/Rim Structure in Zircaloy-4 using in-situ Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction

Jun-li Lin, Xiaochun Han, Brent J. Heuser +1

High-energy synchrotron X-ray diffraction was utilized to study the mechanical response of the f.c.c $\delta$-hydride phase, the intermetallic precipitation with hexagonal C14 lave phas…