Synergistic effects of LiOH and F- in accelerating the corrosion of Zircaloy-4

Journal of Nuclear Materials

Volumn 265, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 178-202

  Wong, Y M ^a   Cox, B ^a   Ramasubramanian, N ^b   Ling, V C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO HYDRO TECHNOLOGIES   (Canada)

^c ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCLAVES; CORROSION; CRACKS; FRACTURE; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; HYDROGEN; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SULFURIC ACID; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

LITHIUM HYDROXIDE;

NUCLEAR FUEL CLADDING;

EID: 0033079446     PISSN: 00223115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3115(98)00507-8     Document Type: Article

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