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Zirconium-base alloy structural component for nuclear reactor and method

CA 1079547 A · Owner: General Electric Company · Inventors: Hanneman, Rodney E.; Tedmon, Craig S. (Jr.); Lee, Daeyong

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A small amount of lanthanum and praseodymium wiil substantially improve the slow strain rate ductility of certain zirconium-base alloys and these new alloys and certain other zirconium-base alloys in the irradiated condition can under certain circumstances have surprising load-carrying capacity and service life. Such other alloys contain yttrium or calcium instead of lanthanum or praseodymium.

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  • Granted June 17, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 17, 1997.
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GrantedJune 17, 1980
Term endedJune 17, 1997
Patent numberCA 1079547 A
Classification (IPC)C22C16/00

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198119831985198719891991199319951997Patent grantedJune 17, 1980Term endedJune 17, 1997

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