Effect of the chromium content and strain on the corrosion of nickel based alloys in primary water of pressurized water reactors

Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems-Water Reactors

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 903-911

  Delabrouille, F ^a,c   Legras, L ^a   Vaillant, F ^a   Scott, P ^b   Viguier, B ^c   Andrieu, E ^c  

^a EDF R AND D   (France)

^b AREVA NP   (France)

^c INSTITUT CARNOT CIRIMAT   (France)

Author keywords

Chromium; Corrosion; Nickel alloys; SCC

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; CHROMIUM; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; NICKEL ALLOYS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

APPLIED STRESS; OXIDE THICKNESS; PRIMARY WATER; PROTECTIVE OXIDE SCALE;

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

EID: 33745199611     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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