Controlling corrosion in the back end of fuel cycle using nitric acid grade stainless steels

International Journal of Nuclear Energy Science and Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 220-231

  Kain, Vivekanand ^a   De, P K ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

austenitic stainless steel; delta ferrite; end grain corrosion; intergranular corrosion; non metallic inclusions; oxide embedment; seam free weld

Indexed keywords

EID: 40149104618     PISSN: 17416361     EISSN: 1741637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijnest.2005.007146     Document Type: Article

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