Effect of the chromium content on the corrosion of nickel based alloys in primary water of pressurised nuclear reactors

Materials at High Temperatures

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 287-292

  Delabrouille, F ^a,b   Viguier, B ^a   Legras, L ^b   Andrieu, E ^a  

^a INSTITUT CARNOT CIRIMAT   (France)

^b EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

Chromium; Corrosion; Nickel based alloys; Pressurised nuclear reactors; Primary water

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; CORROSION; NICKEL ALLOYS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; WATER;

MICRONS; NICKEL BASED ALLOYS; PRIMARY WATER; SYNTHETIC ALLOYS;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 33745123995     PISSN: 09603409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/mht.2005.033     Document Type: Article

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