Head: Dr. Juergen Konys
Research fields:
Aqueous/Electrochemical Corrosion
- Studies of the corrosion behavior of materials in supercritical water as a medium for the decomposition of pollutants and a coolant of future, new light water reactors
- Electrochemical processes for the deposition and structuring of metals
- Studies of corrosion in metal microstructures.
High-Temperature Corrosion
- Studies of the high-temperature reaction behavior of zirconium alloys and other materials
Liquid-Metal Corrosion
- Corrosion of structural materials in eutectic, liquid lead alloys for applications in nuclear fusion and nuclear technology
Modeling
- Models for the description of corrosion kinetics
- Development of program codes for modeling complex reaction processes
Nuclear Safety Experiment QUENCH
- Study of high-temperature behavior and hydrogen generation during the quenching of a superheated reactor core
