Oxidation experiments and theoretical examinations on graphite materials relevant for the PBMR

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 238, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3018-3025

  Hinssen, Hans Klemens ^a   Kühn, Kerstin ^a   Moormann, Rainer ^a   Schlögl, Bärbel ^a   Fechter, Mary ^b   Mitchell, Mark ^b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b Pebble Bed Modular Reactor Pty Limited   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CLARIFICATION; EXPERIMENTS; IMPURITIES; OXIDATION; RATE CONSTANTS; SURFACE REACTIONS;

CLASSICAL MODELING; DIFFUSIVITY; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVITY; GAS IMPURITIES; GRAPHITE MATERIALS; GRAPHITE SURFACES; LOW-TEMPERATURE OXIDATION; MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; NORMAL OPERATION; NUCLEAR GRAPHITES; OXIDATION MODELING; OXIDATION RATES; OXIDATION-RESISTANT; PORE SYSTEMS; RATE-DEPENDENCE;

GRAPHITE;

EID: 53949106328     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2008.02.013     Document Type: Article

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