Delayed hydride cracking in zirconium alloys in a temperature gradient

Journal of Nuclear Materials

Volumn 279, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 107-117

  Sagat, S ^a   Chow, C K ^a   Puls, M P ^a   Coleman, C E ^a  

^a ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

DELAYED HYDRIDE CRACKING (DHC);

ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0033881995     PISSN: 00223115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3115(99)00265-2     Document Type: Article

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