Influence of Dissolved Hydrogen on Oxide Film and PWSCC of Alloy 600 in PWR Primary Water

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-43

  Nakagawa, Tomokazu ^a   Totsuka, Nobuo ^b   Terachi, Takumi ^b   Nakajima, Nobuo ^b  

^a KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SAFETY SYSTEM   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alloy 600; Corrosion behavior; Dissolved hydrogen; Oxide film; Primary water stress corrosion cracking; PWR type reactors

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FILMS; HYDROGEN; MATERIALS TESTING; NICKEL ALLOYS; POLARIZATION; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DISSOLVED HYDROGEN; ELECTROCHEMICAL POLARIZATION MEASUREMENT; OXIDE FILM ANALYSIS; PRIMARY WATER STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0037221248     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18811248.2003.9715330     Document Type: Article

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