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By acceptance of this article , the publisher or recipient acknowledges tho U.S. Governments right to retain a nonexclusive, royalty-free license in and to any copyright cowering the article . Relationship Between Carburization and Zero-Applied-Stress Creep Dilation in Alloy 800H and Hastelloy X* H. Inouye and P. L . Rittenhouse Metals and Ceramics Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830 ABSTRACT Typical HTGR candidate alloys can c.arburize when exposed to simulated service environments . The carbon concentration gradients so formed give rise to internal stresses which could cause dilation . Studies performed with Hastelloy X and Alloy BOOM showed Lliat dilations of up to almost 1% can occur at 1000°C whon carbon pickup is high . Dilation was normally observed only when the carbon increase was .IOOO ug/cm^ and ceased when the diffusing carbon reached the center of the specimen. INTRODUCTION The gas-metal reactions which occur when typical HTGR candidate alloys are exposed to simulated service environments at elevated temperatures can result in the absorption of carbon by these mater