Long-Term Prediction of Localized Corrosion of Alloy 825 in High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository Environments

Corrosion (Houston)

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-124

  Dunn, D S ^a   Sridhar, N ^a   Cragnolino, G A ^a  

^a Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloy 825; Chloride; Crevice corrosion; Ground water; High level nuclear waste; Localized corrosion; Pitting corrosion; Repassivation

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONTAINERS; CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS; ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; GROUNDWATER; PITTING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

CHLORIDE; CREVICE CORROSION; HIGH LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE; LOCALIZED CORROSION; LONG TERM PREDICTION; NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY; REPASSIVATION;

CORROSION;

EID: 0006311525     PISSN: 00109312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5006/1.3292102     Document Type: Article

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