Microstructural and mechanical characterization of radiation effects in model reactor pressure vessel steels

Journal of ASTM International

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 301-314

  Ulbricht, Andreas ^a   Böhmert, Jürgen ^a   Viehrig, Hans Werner ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Embrittlement; Microstructure; Radiation hardening; SANS

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; COMPOSITION; EMBRITTLEMENT; MICROSTRUCTURE; NEUTRON SCATTERING; RADIATION HARDENING; STEEL; VOLUME FRACTION;

NANOSCALE; SANS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WELD METAL;

PRESSURE VESSELS;

EID: 30644456686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1546962X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jai12385     Document Type: Article

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