Ferritic power plant steels: Remanent life assessment and approach to equilibrium

International Materials Reviews

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 45-69

  Bhadeshia, H K D H ^a   Strang, A ^b   Gooch, D J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Alstom UK   (United Kingdom)

^c National Power Plc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; LIFE CYCLE; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; SAFETY FACTOR; TEMPERING;

LIFE ASSESSMENT;

STEEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 0032309117     PISSN: 09506608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/imr.1998.43.2.45     Document Type: Review

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