UNS R60705 ZR705 Zirconium Alloy Rod For Nuclear Fuel Assembly
Zirconium alloy rod is a further processed zirconium material.
Due to the small thermal neutron absorption cross-section of
metallic zirconium, metallic zirconium has excellent nuclear
performance. Nuclear-grade zirconium uses this feature as a
structural material for nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, nuclear
submarines, and civil power reactors, as well as uranium fuel
elements. Cladding and so on. Nuclear-grade zirconium can be
regarded as an important strategic metal of the country and is
closely related to the development of the nuclear industry.
Product Specification Sheet Zirconium alloy rod
| Product Name | Size(mm) | Condition | Grade | Standard |
| Zirconium bar/rod/wire | Diameter (30~200) x Length 3000 | Forging | Zr702, Zr705, Zircaloy | ASTM B550
ASTM B550M
GB/T21183-2007 |
| Diameter (5~60) x Length 3000 | Rolling |
| Diameter (0.1~3.0) | Drawing |
Physical & Mechanical Properties (NOMINAL)
- Grade: R60702, R60704, R60705, ZR1
- Standard: ASTM b550/550M, GB / t21183-2007
- Density: 6.51g/cm3
- Melting point: ≥ 1800 ℃
- Purity: ≥ 99.6%
- Thermal conductivity: 22 W/(m °C)
- Elastic bending modulus: 99.3 GPa
- Thermal expansion: 5.4x10 /°C
- Surface: bright, no crack, no peeling, no obvious oxidation
- Surface flatness: ≤3%
Processing technology of Zirconium alloy rod
- Forging
- Rolling
- Drawing
- Lathing
- polishing
Application of Zirconium alloy rod
Industrial grade zirconium
Industrial grade zirconium is mainly used to make chemical acid and
alkali resistant equipment, military industry, electronics
industry, pipeline valve materials, special high-strength and
high-temperature alloy materials, electric vacuum and getter in
lighting bulb industry.
Product Features of Zirconium alloy rod
Zirconium alloy rod has excellent corrosion resistance, it has very
good corrosion resistance to most organic acids, inorganic acids,
strong alkalis and some molten salts. Hydrochloric acid, nitric
acid and organic acids near 100°C have no effect on zirconium.
Zirconium has better corrosion resistance in alkali than titanium,
