Zirconium Production and Technology: The Kroll Medal Papers 1975–2010
Editor(s): Ronald B. Adamson
These peer-reviewed papers cover all aspects of zirconium technology, including history, ore refinement, production, fabrication, mechanical properties, and physical properties. Many of the early papers deal with state-of-the-art ore refinement and Zr production processes, and the later papers with highly sophisticated metallurgical and scientific technologies. Of the 33 medals awarded, 31 have been for work in the commercial nuclear power industry.
This retrospective covers work conducted in the United States, Canada, Japan, Russia, and Western Europe, including, France, Germany, Sweden, and United Kingdom.
The papers include a whole range of zirconium alloy technical topics, including:
• Irradiation effects
• Evolution of the industry
• Product development
• Production
• Corrosion
• Deformation mechanisms
• Basic microstructures
• Alloy development
• Hydrogen effects
Taken overall, the papers provide a comprehensive technical history of zirconium technology and will be of great interest to both young and experienced workers in the field.
Table of Contents
Ronald B. Adamson
Admiral H. G. Rickover
B. Cox
B. Lustman
William W. Stephens
M. L. Picklesimer
F. A. Nichols
Robert P. Syre
Yoshitsugu Mishima
Jean Guerin, Paul Besson, Pierre Brun
V. Fidleris
Antonina V. Nikulina
Joseph Sam Armijo, Louis F. Coffin, Herman S. Rosenbaum
David O. Pickman
J. A. L. Robertson
F. Garzarolli, H. Stehle, E. Steinberg
Ronald B. Adamson
A. Sawatzky, C. E. Ells
Daniel Charquet
Christopher E. Coleman
Clément Lemaignan
John H. Schemel
George P. Sabol
Erich Tenckhoff
R. A. Holt
M. Griffiths
B. J. Sanders
John G. Banker
David G. Franklin
V. N. Shishov
B. A. Cheadle