Comments on a proposed mechanism of internal oxidation for alloy 600 as applied to low potential SCC

Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems - Water Reactors -

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 69-78

  Staehle, R W ^a   Fang, Z ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; DIFFUSION; EXTRAPOLATION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; INTERNAL OXIDATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; REACTION KINETICS; SOLUBILITY; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DIFFUSION KINETICS; LOW POTENTIAL STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

NICKEL ALLOYS;

EID: 0033489094     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118787618.ch7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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