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Meaning of "zircalloy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ZIRCALLOY

zircalloy  [zɜːkˈælɔɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ZIRCALLOY

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Zircalloy is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ZIRCALLOY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Zirconium alloy

Zirconium alloys are solid solutions of zirconium or other metals, a common subgroup having the trade mark Zircaloy. Zirconium has very low absorption cross-section of thermal neutrons, high hardness, ductility and corrosion resistance. One of the main uses of zirconium alloys is in nuclear technology, as cladding of fuel rods in nuclear reactors, especially water reactors. A typical composition of nuclear-grade zirconium alloys is more than 95 weight percent zirconium and less than 2% of tin, niobium, iron, chromium, nickel and other metals, which are added to improve mechanical properties and corrosion resistance. The water cooling of reactor zirconium alloys elevates requirement for their resistance to oxidation-related nodular corrosion. Furthermore, oxidative reaction of zirconium with water releases hydrogen gas, which partly diffuses into the alloy and forms zirconium hydrides. The hydrides are less dense and are weaker mechanically than the alloy; their formation results in blistering and cracking of the cladding – a phenomenon known as hydrogen embrittlement.

Definition of zircalloy in the English dictionary

The definition of zircalloy in the dictionary is an alloy of zirconium containing small amounts of tin, chromium, and nickel. It is used in pressurized-water reactors.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ZIRCALLOY


accloy
əˈklɔɪ
alloy
ˈælɔɪ
cloy
klɔɪ
cloye
klɔɪ
coemploy
ˌkəʊɪmˈplɔɪ
counterploy
ˈkaʊntəˌplɔɪ
deploy
dɪˈplɔɪ
disemploy
ˌdɪsɪmˈplɔɪ
employ
ɪmˈplɔɪ
kumbaloi
ˌkʊmbəˈlɔɪ
loy
lɔɪ
misemploy
ˌmɪsɪmˈplɔɪ
overcloy
ˌəʊvəˈklɔɪ
permalloy
pɜːmˈælɔɪ
ploy
plɔɪ
redeploy
ˌriːdɪˈplɔɪ
saveloy
ˈsævɪˌlɔɪ
sigloi
ˈsɪɡlɔɪ
superalloy
ˈsuːpərˌælɔɪ
tholoi
ˈθəʊlɔɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ZIRCALLOY

zipped
zipper
zippered
zippier
zippiest
zipping
zippo
zippy
ziptop
ziram
zircon
zirconia
zirconic
zirconium
zirconium oxide
Ziska
zit
zither
zitherist
ziti

WORDS THAT END LIKE ZIRCALLOY

baby boy
boy
cowboy
destroy
doy
enjoy
fusible alloy
hoy
joy
ladyboy
McCoy
nimonic alloy
oy
playboy
re-employ
Roy
soy
the boy
toy
Troy

Synonyms and antonyms of zircalloy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «zircalloy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ZIRCALLOY

Find out the translation of zircalloy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of zircalloy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «zircalloy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

锆合金
1,325 millions of speakers

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zircalloy
570 millions of speakers

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zircalloy
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Translator English - Hindi

zircalloy
380 millions of speakers
ar

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zircalloy
280 millions of speakers

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zircalloy
278 millions of speakers

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zircalloy
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zircalloy
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zircalloy
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Zircalloy
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Translator English - German

Zirkalloy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ジルカロイ
130 millions of speakers

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zircalloy
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Zircalloy
85 millions of speakers
vi

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zircalloy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

zircalloy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जिस्कॉलॉय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zircalloy
70 millions of speakers

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zircalloy
65 millions of speakers

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zircalloy
50 millions of speakers

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zircalloy
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Translator English - Romanian

zircalloy
30 millions of speakers
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zircalloy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

zircalloy
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

zircalloy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

zircalloy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of zircalloy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ZIRCALLOY»

The term «zircalloy» is used very little and occupies the 189.205 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ZIRCALLOY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about zircalloy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ZIRCALLOY»

Discover the use of zircalloy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to zircalloy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Exergy: Theory and Applications in the Built Environment
The thickness of the zircalloy tubes is very thin, about 1 mm or less, for the effective transmission of the neutrons, whose speed is lowered by liquid water in order to realize the controlled chain reaction of nuclear fission. In the case of nuclear ...
Masanori Shukuya, 2012
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Metallographic and Materialographic Specimen Preparation, ...
Material Properties: Zirconium: Close-packed hexagonal, 7.14 g/cm3, 1490°C 2714°F. Hafnium: Close-packed hexagonal, 13.3 g/cm3, 1700°C 3092°F. Zircalloy: Zirconium with tin, oxide, iron, chromium, and nickel. Comments on Material: ...
Kay Geels, 2007
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Analytic Methods for Design Practice
0 10 new design inconel A inconel B zircalloy A zircalloy B New design Inconel B Zircalloy A Zircalloy B Inconel A R e a c t i o n f o r c e ( N ) 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 Deflection (mm) Displacement (mm) Figure 8.23. Comparison of the new  ...
Gyung-Jin Park, 2007
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Physics for Radiation Protection
These ceramic pellets are loaded into fuel rods of zircalloy tubing which are welded at each end, as shown in Figure 5-19. As fissioning proceeds, gaseous and volatile fission products migrate slowly through the ceramic fuel matrix into the ...
James E. Martin, 2013
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National Conference on Radiation Shielding & Protection
2.1 Zircalloy vs Zr-Nb Pressure Tubes Indian PHWRs from KAPP-2 reactor onwards use pressure tubes made up of Zr-Nb(2.5%) with slightly reduced thickness The KAPP-2 core considered the same initial core loading inclusive of 35 thoria ...
L V Krishnan S M Lee Om Pal Singh India Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences Kalpakkam Chapter Indian Society for Radiation Physics, 1996
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Understanding Solids: The Science of Materials
after heating for 1 hour? Zircalloy is a zirconium alloy used to clad nuclear fuel. How much oxygen will diffuse through each square metre of casing in a day under steady-state diffusion conditions, at 1000 °C, if the following apply: diffusivity of ...
Richard J. D. Tilley, 2013
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Summary of International Energy Research and Development ...
... AN ENVIRONMENTALGEOCHEMICALECOLOGICAL RESEARCHPROJECT, 6.0064 Zirconium Alloys FUEL ELEMENT DEVELOPMENT – PROPERTIES OF ZIRCALLOY ENCASING TUBES MANUFACTURED BY DIFFERENT METHODS,  ...
Smithsonian Science Information Exchange, 1977
8
Uranium Resource Processing: Secondary Resources
The PHWRs use zircalloy-clad-sintered natural UO2 fuel elements grouped into assemblies. The exact number of elements which form an assembly or a bundle to go into a reactor is a matter of the design which has to be compatible to the ...
Chiranjib Gupta, Harvinderpal Singh, 2003
9
Nuclear Pursuits: The Scientific Biography of Wilfrid ...
The us- developed material Zircalloy-2 was chosen for Npd, but already in 1958 Lewis ordered work started on a stronger material, Zr-2.5 % Nb, on the basis of information from the Soviet Union. By 1966 ZrNb pressure tubes had been ...
Ruth Fawcett, 1994
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Nuclear Electric Power: Safety, Operation, and Control Aspects
... rise 1300–1500 Formation of liquid Inconel–Zircalloy eutectic 1400–1500 Urania–Zircalloy reaction and control-rod cladding melts 1850–1950 Zircalloy melts 2400–2650 Zirconia and Urania–Zirconia mixtures melt Furthermore, decreasing ...
J. Brian Knowles, 2013

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ZIRCALLOY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term zircalloy is used in the context of the following news items.
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PM-14 India report: International conference and exhibition held in …
Some of the successful R&D projects carried out at NFC include; Zircalloy loaded sintered UOx fuel pellets; removal of Hf from ZrO2; ODS ferritic martensitic steel ... «Powder Metallurgy Review | ipmd.net, Mar 14»
2
Nuclear fuel complex likely soon at Rawatbhata
The Rawatbhata complex will have a 500 tonne per year fabrication facility and it will also have a 65 tonne per year zircalloy plant. In Rawatbhata, six nuclear ... «Times of India, Jan 14»
3
Apple's Entirely Unnecessary But Very Cool Method Of Making The …
Another might be the zircalloy tubes used to hold the fuel in a nuclear reactor. You would much prefer to pay the extra price of making your tubes out of a solid ... «Forbes, Oct 13»
4
Redeeming the Atom
Fukushima demonstrated what hazards lie in the catalytic tendency of zircalloy cladding to produce explosive chemical potentials at elevated core temperatures. «Power Engineering Magazine, Aug 13»
5
Nuclear Fuel Complex to step up production, plans 2 new facilities
The process of site selection and evaluation has begun. It will also have a Zircalloy production unit, he told Business Line here today. These steps are needed to ... «Hindu Business Line, May 13»
6
Large scale melt predicted at units 2 and 3
While this would put the cores at risk of damage, a reasonable cooling effect would still be expected thanks to the high thermal conductivity of the zircalloy fuel ... «World Nuclear News, May 11»
7
Will Boron be the answer?
At the high temperatures, above 3400˚F, zircalloy, a special material used in the fuel rod containers, induces steam to break up into hydrogen and oxygen, and ... «Deccan Herald, Mar 11»
8
Nukes, Black Swan Events, and Wind Turbines
The zircalloy tubing that holds the fuel pellets then starts to react with the steam, forming zirconia (which flakes off) and hydrogen gas: Zr + 2H2O –> ZrO2 + 2H2. «Artvoice, Mar 11»
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Materials Science and The Global Nuclear Renaissance
The sintered pellets are machined to size, inspected and then encapsulated in Zircalloy or stainless steel cladding to form fuel rods. The rods are then ... «Azom.com, Jan 10»

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