Research and development on the China low activation martensitic steel (CLAM)

Chinese low activation martensitic steel (CLAM) has been designed with improved composition, and its performance, such as tensile properties, ductile-brittle transition temperature (DBTT41J), creep and thermal physical properties, has been determined. The interaction experiments between CLAM and plasma were carried out in the HT-7 tokamak facility and the activities, afterheat and gamma dose rate for CLAM as a function of cooling time (CT) were calculated to obtain the required control levels of impurities in CLAM. The insulator coatings on CLAM steel prepared by the CVD process at 700 degrees C and 740 degrees C have pure Al2O3 and Al2O3 with an oxygen deficiency layer on surface about I pm thick. The electrical resistivity of the coating reaches about 10(4) Omega m(2) on the surface. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.