Controlling end-grain corrosion of austenitic stainless steels

Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 115-122

  Chandra, Kamlesh ^a   Kain, Vivekanand ^a   Ganesh, Puppala ^b  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b RAJA RAMANNA CENTRE FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Austenitic stainless steel; End grain corrosion; Laser surface remelting; Nitric acid service; Weld overlay

Indexed keywords

END-GRAIN CORROSION; LASER SURFACE REMELTING; NITRIC ACID SERVICE; WELD OVERLAY;

BUILDING MATERIALS; CORROSION PREVENTION; LASER APPLICATIONS; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; NITRIC ACID; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 38149120257     PISSN: 10599495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11665-007-9117-0     Document Type: Article

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