Corrosion studies in support of a medium-power lead-alloy - cooled reactor

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 436-456

  Loewen, Eric P ^a   Ballinger, Ronald G ^b   Lim, Jeongyoun ^b  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

LBE corrosion; Lead corrosion; Lead bismuth corrosion

Indexed keywords

CARBON STEEL; COOLANTS; CORROSION; CORROSION RESISTANCE; EUTECTICS; FERRITE; LEAD ALLOYS; MARTENSITE; MOLYBDENUM; STAINLESS STEEL; TANTALUM; TUNGSTEN;

FERRITIC STEEL; LBE CORROSION; LEAD BISMUTH CORROSION; LEAD CORROSION; MARTENSITIC STEEL;

FAST REACTORS;

EID: 5644246489     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT04-A3541     Document Type: Article

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