Improved mechanical properties of the A 508 class 3 steel for nuclear pressure vessel through steelmaking

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1259, Issue , 1997, Pages 18-32

  Kim, Jeong Tae ^a   Kwon, Hee Kyung ^a   Kim, Kook Chul ^a   Kim, Joong Myoung ^a  

^a Korea Heavy Industries and Construction Co Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

A508 class 3 steel; Fracture toughness; Grain size; Mechanical properties; Modified VCD; Reactor pressure vessel(RPV); Silicon killing; Steelmaking practice; Transition temperatures; VCD

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; AUSTENITE; FORGINGS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PRESSURE VESSELS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); STEELMAKING; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

SILICON KILLING; STEEL A508 CLASS 3; VACUUM CARBON DEOXIDATION (VCD);

STEEL;

EID: 0030690775     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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