@article{6b83c999a17c44d88eae6ac6680e7457,
title = "Continuum model for hydrogen pickup in zirconium alloys of LWR fuel cladding",
abstract = "A continuum model for calculating the time-dependent hydrogen pickup fractions in various Zirconium alloys under steam and pressured water oxidation has been developed in this study. Using only one fitting parameter, the effective hydrogen gas partial pressure at the oxide surface, a qualitative agreement is obtained between the predicted and previously measured hydrogen pickup fractions. The calculation results therefore demonstrate that H diffusion through the dense oxide layer plays an important role in the hydrogen pickup process. The limitations and possible improvement of the model are also discussed.",
author = "Xing Wang and Zheng, {Ming Jie} and Izabela Szlufarska and Dane Morgan",
note = "Funding Information: This research was primarily supported by the Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors (http://www.casl.gov) and an Energy Innovation Hub (http://www.energy.gov/hubs) for Modeling and Simulation of Nuclear Reactors under U.S. Department of Energy Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725. The support for Xing Wang to collect additional data, perform analysis, refine the codes, and write parts of the manuscript was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences (Grant No. DE-FG02-08ER46493). We are very grateful to Adrien Couet for helpful discussions. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 Author(s).",
year = "2017",
month = apr,
day = "7",
doi = "10.1063/1.4979472",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "121",
journal = "Journal of Applied Physics",
issn = "0021-8979",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics Publising LLC",
number = "13",
}