The crack tip solution chemistry in sensitized stainless steel in simulated boiling water reactor water studied using a microsampling technique

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 397-404

  Peng, Qunjia ^a   Li, Guangfu ^a   Shoji, Tetsuo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boiling water reactor water; BWR type reactors; Capillary electrophoresis; Crack tip solution chemistry; Microsampling; Stress corrosion cracking

Indexed keywords

BOILING WATER REACTORS; ELECTROPHORESIS; OXYGEN; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; TEMPERATURE;

CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS SYSTEM; CRACK TIP SOLUTION CHEMISTRY; MICROSAMPLING TECHNIQUE;

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 0042699932     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18811248.2003.9715371     Document Type: Article

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