Abstract

The Zircaloy alloy system (1.2–1.7 wt.% Sn) provides an excellent basis to study the effect of temperature on Pourbaix diagrams, as Zircaloy fuel rods in a CANadian Deuterium UraniumTM (CANDU) reactor are exposed to an aqueous phase coolant in the range 250 °C (523.15 K) to 310 °C (583.15 K). In addition to its presence in Zircaloy, much of the thermochemical data for tin, particularly for the aqueous species, is unavailable or uncorroborated. This paper presents tin Pourbaix diagrams at 85 °C (358.15 K) alongside the reconstructed 25 °C (298.15 K) diagram. Solid-aqueous phase SnO2 equilibria were used to determine thermochemical data for tin +IV species in a batch vessel with in situ pH measurement. Solubilities were used to calculate the Gibbs energies of Sn complexes. The SnOH3+ and Sn(OH)5 species were incorporated into the 25 °C and 85 °C diagrams.

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