Book chapter
Degradation of Ceramics in Alkali-Metal Environments
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF FAST ION CONDUCTORS, v 199, pp 241-270
01 Jan 1989
Abstract
The high reactivity of alkali metals and their containment is an important issue that impacts several technologies such as high energy batteries, thermonuclear reactors, high pressure Na vapor lamps and alkali metal thermoelectric convertors. This paper addresses the various mechanisms by which degradation of ceramics occurs when placed in an alkali metal environment with special emphasis on the problems associated with corrosion and electrolytic degradation of solid electrolytes. The term degradation in this paper will be taken to mean an increase in the average concentration of the alkali metal in the material in which it is in contact, whether by simple ambipolar diffusion as in the case of material reduction and coloration, or by chemical reaction to form a higher alkali oxide containing phase, or by dendritic formation and electrolytic degradation of solid electrolytes.
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- Title
- Degradation of Ceramics in Alkali-Metal Environments
- Creators
- M Barsoum
- Contributors
- H L Tuller (Editor)M Balkanski (Editor)
- Publication Details
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF FAST ION CONDUCTORS, v 199, pp 241-270
- Series
- NATO ADVANCED SCIENCE INSTITUTES SERIES, SERIES B, PHYSICS; 199
- Publisher
- Plenum Press
- Number of pages
- 30
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1989BQ43T00009
- Other Identifier
- 991021930902704721
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- Chemistry, Physical
- Crystallography
- Electrochemistry
- Physics, Condensed Matter