b'This project provides critical information for thermal transport property modeling by examining the thermal diffusivity and the microstructure of Cr coated Zircaloy after thermal aging condition.Figure 2. Thermal diffusivity as a function of temperature for uncoated Zircaloy and HiPIMS and cold spray Cr coated Zircaloyanalysis techniques. To better under- formation, primarily using scan-stand the thermal diffusivity resultsning electron microscopy, electron and the interaction of Cr coatingbackscatter diffraction and transmis-with Zircaloy substrate, multi-scalesion electron microscopy (SEM).microstructure characterization was performed for the microstructureAccomplishmentsof the coating and Laves phaseThe microstructure of the as-depos-ited Cr coatings was characterized 2023|AFC ACCOMPLISHMENTS 37'