Radiation hardening in austenitic stainless steels irradiated in LWR's

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

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 1007-1014

  Edwards, D J ^a   Simonen, E P ^a   Bruemmer, S M ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTENITE; DUCTILITY; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; RADIATION HARDENING; REACTOR CORES; TENSILE STRESS; YIELD STRESS;

AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL; LOW DOSE IRRADIATION; LOW TENSILE DUCTILITY;

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 0033489278     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118787618.ch105     Document Type: Conference Paper

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