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Zirconium Rod / Bar

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Technology and application of Zirconium Rod / Bar

The complete processing procedure of Zirconium alloy rod / bar preparation includes melting of intermediate alloy, preparation of ingot, forging, homogenization treatment, extrusion of bar billets, hot rolling or hot rotary forging, intermediate annealing, cold rotary forging and annealing of finished products.

zirconium bar

Zirconium alloy rod / bar is mainly used to make the end plug of fuel reactor. The performance of Zirconium alloy rod is directly related to the safety of reactor.

Properties of Zirconium Rod / Bar

Linear expansion value and average linear expansion coefficient of stress-free Zirconium Rod / Bar
t/℃ (Δl/lo)/% α/10-6K-1
100 0.0444 5.548
200 1.1007 5.596
300 0.1554 5.550
400 0.2085 5.486
500 0.2598 5.413
600 0.3096 5.338
700 0.3577 5.260
800 0.4041 5.181
Linear expansion value and average linear expansion coefficient of recrystallized Zirconium Rod/Bar
t/℃ (Δl/lo)/% α/10-6K-1
100 0.0434 5.430
200 0.1024 5.691
300 0.1589 5.676
400 0.2129 5.604
500 0.2645 5.510
600 0.3135 5.405
700 0.3600 5.294
800 0.4040 5.180

Our Zirconium Rod / Bar products

All our Zirconium Rod / Bar products follow the standards of ASTM B351 and ASTM B550. If you have any special request, we would like to discuss with you and find the best solutions
Common Zirconium Rod / Bar dimension is: diameter 3mm-200mm, length 100mm to 3000mm.