Metallographic and fractographic observations of hydrides during delayed hydride cracking in Zr-2.5% Nb alloy

Materials Characterization

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-25

  Jovanovic M T ^a,c   Shek, G K ^b   Seahra, H ^b   Eadie, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO HYDRO TECHNOLOGIES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; METALLOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

DELAYED HYDRIDE CRACKING; POTENTIAL DROP MEASUREMENT;

HYDRIDES;

EID: 0031653560     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1044-5803(97)00091-0     Document Type: Article

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