Aqueous corrosion behavior of plutonium metal and plutonium-gallium alloys exposed to aqueous nitrate and chloride solutions

Journal of the Electrochemical Society

Volumn 155, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Kolman, David G ^a   Colletti, Lisa P ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ALLOYS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORROSION; CORROSIVE EFFECTS; DISSOLUTION; ELECTROLYSIS; METAL RECOVERY; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; NITRATES; NITRIC ACID; PLUTONIUM; POLARIZATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS;

AQUEOUS; AQUEOUS CORROSION BEHAVIORS; CHLORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; CHLORIDE IONS; CHLORIDE SOLUTIONS; CORROSION BEHAVIORS; CORROSION PRODUCT FILMS; ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; GA ALLOYS; NITRATE IONS; PLUTONIUM METALS; POLARIZATION BEHAVIORS; SODIUM CHLORIDE SOLUTIONS; SODIUM NITRATES; UNALLOYED PLUTONIUMS; WEAK EFFECTS;

GALLIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 54949155606     PISSN: 00134651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1149/1.2976352     Document Type: Article

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