Improved application of local models to steel corrosion in lead-bismuth loops

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 379-387

  Zhang, Jinsuo ^a   Li, Ning ^a  

^a CENTER FOR NONLINEAR STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Corrosion model; Lead bismuth eutectic; Loop flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LEAD; LIQUID METALS; MASS TRANSFER;

CORROSION MODEL; LEAD-BISMUTH EUTECTIC (LBE) TEST LOOP; LOOP FLOW;

STEEL CORROSION;

EID: 0344584323     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT03-A3452     Document Type: Article

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