Corrosion publications, presentations, and graduate student theses and dissertations (Farley/Johnson group)

Inverse chronological order

Last updated Nov. 10, 2009

 

Journal Articles

 

Spectroscopic and microscopic investigation of the corrosion of D-9 stainless steel by lead–bismuth eutectic (LBE) at elevated temperatures.  Initiation of thick oxide formation. by Allen L. Johnson, Dan Koury, Jenny Welch, Thao Ho, Stacy Sidle, Chris Harland, Brian Hosterman, Umar Younas, Longzhou Ma, and John W. Farley, J. Nucl. Mater. 376 (2008) 265-268 .

 

Spectroscopic and microscopic study of the corrosion of iron-silicon steel by lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE) at elevated temperatures, Allen L. Johnson. Eric P. Loewen, Thao T. Ho, Dan Koury, Brian Hosterman, Jenny Welch, and John W. Farley, J. Nucl. Mat. 350, 221-231 (2006).

 

Spectroscopic and Microscopic Investigation of the Corrosion of 316/316L Stainless Steel by Lead-Bismuth Eutectic (LBE) at Elevated Temperatures: Importance of Surface Preparation,  Allen L. Johnson, Denise Parsons, Julia Manzerova, Dale L. Perry, Dan Koury, Brian Hosterman, and John W. Farley, J. Nucl. Mater. 328, 88-94 (2004).

 

Refereed Conference Proceedings

 

Materials for Thermochemical Hydrogen Production by the Sulfur Iodine Process; Tantalum and Niobium Alloys in HI, I2, H2O, and H3PO4 at High Temperature, Thao Ho, Allen L. Johnson, John W. Farley, Dan Koury, Jenny Welch, and Bunsen Wong, paper presented at Corrosion Solutions 2009, 7th International Conference (CSC09), Park City, UT,  Sept  20-24, 2009. Refereed Conference Proceeding (in press).

 

Presentations

 

Liquid Metal Coolants (LBE) for Fast-flux Nuclear Applications: Corrosion of Steel, John W. Farley, Allen L. Johnson, Dan Koury, Brian Hosterman, Thao Trung Ho, Lucas Wilson, Markus Vasquez, oral presentation at winter meeting of the American Nuclear Society, Reno, NV, Nov. 9-13, 2008.

 

Corrosion of steel in lead-bismuth eutectic and in the gas phase, Dan Koury, Brian Hosterman, Thao Ho, Markus Vasquez, Lucas Wilson, Allen Johnson, and John W. Farley, poster presentation at the American Chemical Society Western Regional Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, Sept. 23-27, 2008.

 

HLM efforts at UNLV, USA: LBE Corrosion of D9 and Other 316-Group Steels, IV Workshop on Materials for HLM Cooled Reactors and Related Technologies, Allen L. Johnson, John W. Farley, Longzhou Ma, Oliver Tschauner, Dan Koury, Thao Ho, Brian Hosterman, Jenny Welch. Rome (Italy), May, 2007.

 

Spectroscopic and microscopic investigation of the corrosion of 316/316L stainless steel by lead–bismuth eutectic (LBE) at elevated temperatures. II. Initiation of duplex oxide formation in D-9 alloy.  Allen L. Johnson,  Dan Koury, Jenny Welch, Thao Ho, Stacey Sidle, Chris Harland, Brian Hosterman, Umar Younas, Longzhou Ma and John W. Farley  AFCI materials working group, March 2006, Santa Fe.

 

Corrosion of Steel by Lead-Bismuth, John Farley, Allen Johnson, Brian Hosterman, Thao Ho, Daniel Koury, Umar Younas, ANS student conference Madison, WI April 2004.

 

Mechanisms of Lead-Bismuth Eutectic (LBE) corrosion chemistry involving stainless steels in nuclear reactor cooling systems, D. L. Perry1, J. W. Farley2, A. L. Johnson3, D. Koury2, B. Hosterman2, D. Parsons3, U. Younas2, and T. T. Ho3. (1) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, (2) Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154, (3) Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154.  American  Chemical Society meeting in Anaheim, CA. March 28-Apri1, 2004.

 

 Corrosion of Steel by Lead-Bismuth Eutectic, John Farley, Allen Johnson, Brian Hosterman, Thao Ho, Umar Younas and Dan Koury, semiannual meeting of Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative, Sandia Lab, Livermore CA, February 25, 2004.

 

Surface Studies of the High Temperature Corrosion of Stainless Steel by Oxygen Controlled Lead-Bismuth Eutectic, Allen Johnson,D. Parsons, J. Manzerova, D. Koury, B. Hosterman; University of Nevada, Las Vegas, D.L. Perry; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and J.W. Farley ; University of Nevada, Las Vegas, American Vacuum Society, Nov. 2-7, 2003, Baltimore.

 

Chemical Species Involved in High Temperature Corrosion Resulting from the Interaction Between Stainless Steel and Lead-Bismuth Eutectic (LBE), Dale L. Perry, B. Hosterman, D. Koury, U. Younas, J. Manzerova, J. W. Farley, D. Parsons, A. L. Johnson, 38th Western Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society October 15-18, 2003, Long Beach, CA.

 

The Corrosion of Stainless The Corrosion of Stainless Steel by Lead Bismuth Eutectic: Surface Effects, Allen Johnson and John Farley, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Annual AFCI review, August 27-28, 2003, Santa Fe, NM.

 

Surface Studies of the Corrosion of Stainless Steel by Lead Bismuth Eutectic: Surface Preparation Effects on 316 Stainless Steels, Allen L. Johnson, Denise Parsons, Julia Manzerova, Dale L. Perry, Dan Koury, Brian Hosterman, and John W. Farley, American Nuclear Society, San Diego, CA,  June 1-5, 2003. 

 

Surface Studies of Corrosion of Stainless Steel by Lead-Bismuth Eutectic, D. Koury, B. Hosterman, J. W. Farley, D. L. Perry, D. Parsons, J. Manzerova, and A. L. Johnson. Invited talk delivered by Allen Johnson. Meeting: VIII Simposio en Fisica del Materiales, sponsored by Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Centro de Ciencias de la Materia Condensada, Jan 22-24, 2003, Ensenada, Mexico.

 

Surface Studies of Corrosion of Stainless Steel by Lead-Bismuth Eutectic, A. L. Johnson. D. Koury, B. Hosterman, D. Parsons, J. Manzerova, D. Perry, and J. Farley, American Vacuum Society 49th International Symposium, Denver CO, Nov 3-8, 2002.

 

Surface Studies of Corrosion of Steel by Lead-Bismuth Eutectic, by Daniel Koury, Allen L. Johnson, Brian Hosterman, Denise Parsons, Dale L. Perry, and John W. Farley, FACSS 2002 (29th Annual meeting of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies), Oct. 13-17, 2002, Providence RI.

 

Lead Bismuth Eutectic Corrosion Research and Results, Allen Johnson and Dan Koury, UNLV Transmutation Research Program, DOE-NE Visitation, August 20, 2002

 

Corrosion of Stainless Steel by Lead Bismuth Eutectic, Las Vegas, NV, Jan 15, 2002, Dan Koury, Brian Hosterman, Allen Johnson, Denise Parsons, and John W. Farley.

 

Investigation of Corrosion of Steel by Lead Bismuth Eutectic, Daniel Koury, Allen L. Johnson, Dale L. Perry, and John W. Farley, ANS Topical Mtg. on Accelerator Applications, AccApp/ADTTA01, Reno, NV, Nov. 2001.

 

 

Student Theses and Dissertations

 

Characterization of the mechanism of duplex oxide growtn of austenitic stainless steels 316L and D9 in oxygen-controlled lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE), Daniel Koury, MS thesis, Physics,  (2002).

 

Micro-Raman Spectroscopic Study of the Corrosion of Stainless Steel by Lead-Bismuth Eutectic, Brian Hosterman MS thesis, Physics, (2006).

 

Characterization of The Mechanism of Bi-Layer Oxide Growth on Austenitic Stainless Steels 316L and D9 in Oxygen-controlled Lead-Bismuth Eutectic (LBE), Dan Koury, doctoral dissertation, Physics, December 2008.

 

Studies of corrosion of steel by laser microRaman spectroscopy, Brian Hosterman, doctoral dissertation in progress, expected August 2010.

 

Studies of Corrosion of Materials in the Sulfur-Iodine Hydrogen Production Cycle,  Thao Trung Ho, masters thesis, Chemistry, December 2009. (Allen Johnson, advisor).