Intergranular stress corrosion cracking of unsensitized stainless steels in BWR environments

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

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 311-318

  Angeliu, T M ^a   Andresen, P L ^a   Hall, E ^a   Sutliff, J A ^a   Sitzman, S ^a   Horn, R M ^b  

^a General Elec Corp Res Devmt Ctr   (United States)

^b GE ENERGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; AUSTENITE; BOILING WATER REACTORS; COLD WORKING; CRACK PROPAGATION; IRON ALLOYS; NICKEL ALLOYS; SHRINKAGE; STAINLESS STEEL; STRAIN; WELDS;

CRACK GROWTH RATE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRON BACK SCATTERED PATTERN TECHNIQUE; INTERGRANULAR STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; THERMAL SENSITIZATION;

STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

EID: 0033489379     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118787618.ch31     Document Type: Conference Paper

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