Kautaha ʻIkale alloys (EAC) ko e kautaha fakamamani lahi ia ʻoku fakatau mai ʻe Zirconium tubing mo e paipa. EAC ha ngaahi lalahi kehekehe ʻi Zirconium tubing pea ʻe lava ke ne maʻu ha tubing mo ha paipa lalahi ʻaki ha ngaahi taimi nounou. Ko e kautaha ʻIkale Alloys ko ha kautaha ISO kuo fakamoʻoniʻi pea kuo ne maʻu ʻa e tuʻunga maʻolunga taha Zirconium ki he ngaahi 35 ngaahi taʻu. Ngaahi naunau Alloys ʻIkale DRC e fepakipaki taʻetotongi. EAC pe ʻa e ngaahi maʻuʻanga tokoni ʻoku tau Zirconium mei he tuʻunga 1 smelters.
Kautaha ʻIkale alloys lava ʻo maʻu Zirconium tubing mo e paipa mei he 0.039 "OD ki he 6.500" OD mo e 20 vaʻe loloa. Kapau ʻoku ʻikai ke ke sio ki hoʻo Zirconium tubing size ʻoku hiki atu ʻi lalo, Kataki ʻo fetuʻutaki ki heʻemau timi tuʻuaki anga fakaʻapaʻapa ke tokoni atu. Kataki ʻo sio pe paaki ʻetau lisi Zirconium Stock ki heʻetau lalahi mo e meʻa ʻoku tau malava kakato.
Makehe mei unalloyed Zirconium 702 EAC foki mo ha ngaahi naunau Zirconium Alloy 704, Zirconium Alloy 705, Zirconium maaka ʻo e ivi fakaʻatomi, mo e Zircaloy 4.
Zirconium ʻOku faʻa ʻomi ia ke feau ʻaki e ngaahi fie maʻu ʻa e ASTM-B-351, ASTM-B-352, ASTM-B-353, ASTM-B-493, ASTM-B-523, ASTM-B-550, ASTM-B-551, ASTM-B-658, ASTM-B-811, RO60702 900, RO60704 900, RO60705 900, R60001, R60802, R60804, R60901.
ʻOku kau ʻi zirconium ngaahi polokalama fakaʻaongaʻi ʻa e ʻea vela exchangers (ki hono ngaohi ʻo e fakapaaki ʻo e peroxide, rayon, mo e ala meʻa pehe.), ngaahi kōlomu fakamōmoá, paipa mo e tuʻuʻanga ʻuhila ʻe, fale pamu mo e housi, mo e ngaahi vaka seinopolo, fakaʻaongaʻi ʻo e ivi fakaʻatomi, ngāue ki he kemikalé, ngaahi selo ʻo e penisiní, ivi ʻo e ngaahi fetuʻú, ʻātakai makehe ʻo e kemikalé (acetic) mo e hydrochloric acids, foʻi tiupi (fuel tube), malohi ʻo e ivi fakaʻatomi, sputtering taketi, puha ʻo e ʻelemēniti, spacer ʻo e grid, palaki ʻo e ngataʻangá, founga mapuleʻi ʻo e fakahinohino ki he vaʻa ukamea, foʻi tiupi fua, mo e papa lōloá ʻoku ʻi ai e ngaahi meʻa ʻe maʻu mei ai e ʻ.
ʻOku siʻisiʻi ha ngaahi ukamea makehe mei zirconium ʻe lava ke fakaʻaongaʻi ʻi he ngaahi founga ʻo e kemikale ʻoku fie maʻu ki ai ha fetuʻutaki ʻe taha mo ha ʻesiti malohi mo e alkalis. Ka neongo ia, ʻOku ʻikai ha fakafepaki zirconium ki hydrofluoric ʻesiti pea ʻoku vave hono ʻohofi, naʻa mo e ngaahi kumí ʻoku māʻulalo ʻaupito. ʻOku ʻi ai ha ngaahi 4 faʻahinga ʻo e pehe ʻoku ne matuʻuaki alloyed zirconium ʻi he ngaahi kautaha kemikale: Zr702, Zr704, Zr705 mo e Zr706, fakaʻaongaʻi ki he kemikale mo e tuʻunga kehekehe. ʻOku meimei tatau pe ʻa e fakafepaki zirconium alloy ko ʻeni ʻe fa, ka ʻoku kehekehe ʻaupito ʻenau koloa fakamisini. Ko e malohi tensile ʻo Zr705 ko e liunga ua ia ʻo Zr702. ʻOku meimei ke faʻa fakaʻaongaʻi ʻa e Zr705 ʻi he meʻangāue ki he kemikalé ʻa ia ʻoku ʻi ai ha ngaahi fie maʻu māʻolunga ange ki he mālohí. Ka ʻi sulfuric ʻesiti ʻoku ʻi ai FeCl3, ʻOku lelei ange ʻa e ngaahi koloa Zr702 mo Zr704 ʻi Zr705 mo Zr706. ʻOku maʻu ʻe Zr706 ha ivi feʻunga mo ha elongation maʻolunga pea ʻoku faʻa fakaʻaongaʻi ia ʻi hono ngaohi ʻo e ʻea vela exchanger.