Susceptibility to stress corrosion cracking for low-carbon steel welds in carbonate-bicarbonate solution

Corrosion

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 939-948

  Mitsui, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Takahashi, R ^a   Asano, H ^a   Taniguchi, N ^c   Yui, M ^c  

^a Research and Development of Geological Disposal Barrier System   (Japan)

^b MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^c JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon steel; Carbonate bicarbonate solution; Geological disposal; High level radioactive waste; Microstructure; Overpack; Stress corrosion cracking; Weld

Indexed keywords

CARBIDES; CARBON STEEL; CORROSION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; ELECTRIC WELDING; FERRITE; GEOLOGY; HEAT AFFECTED ZONE; LOW CARBON STEEL; METALS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PEARLITE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STEEL TESTING; STRAIN RATE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WELDING; WELDS;

BICARBONATE SOLUTION; CRACK MORPHOLOGY; FERRITE-PEARLITE; FINE-GRAINED MICROSTRUCTURE; GEOLOGICAL DISPOSALS; HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; OVERPACK; SLOW STRAIN RATE TESTING;

STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

EID: 58049096002     PISSN: 00109312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5006/1.3294409     Document Type: Article

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