Comparison of the long-time corrosion behavior of certain Zr alloys in PWR, BWR, and laboratory tests

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1295, Issue , 1996, Pages 850-864

  Garzarolli, F ^a   Broy, Y ^a   Busch, R A ^b  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Corrosion; In BWR corrosion; In PWR corrosion; Neutron irradiation; Nuclear application; Out of pile corrosion; Radiation effects; Zircaloy; Zirconium alloys

Indexed keywords

BOILING WATER REACTORS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CORROSION RESISTANCE; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; RADIATION EFFECTS;

IN REACTOR CORROSION;

ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0030285165     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp16204s     Document Type: Review

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