Hydrogen pickup and redistribution in alpha-annealed Zircaloy-4

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1295, Issue , 1996, Pages 338-370

  Kammenzind, Bruce F ^a   Franklin, David G ^a   Peters, H Richard ^b   Duffin, Walter J ^a  

^a WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^b Martin Marietta Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Diffusion; Hydrogen; Hydrogen redistribution; Hydrogen solubility; Zircaloys

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; HYDRIDES; HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; SOLUBILITY;

HYDROGEN UPTAKE; ZIRCONIUM ALLOY ZIRCALOY 4;

ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 5544304477     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp16180s     Document Type: Article

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