Precipitate phases of a ferritic/martensitic 9% Cr steel for nuclear power reactors

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 239, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 648-654

  Shen, Yin Zhong ^a   Kim, Sung Ho ^a   Cho, Hai Dong ^a   Han, Chang Hee ^a   Ryu, Woo Seog ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; CREEP; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; NIOBIUM; NITRIDES; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PRECIPITATES; PRESSURE TUBE REACTORS; TRANSITION METALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VANADIUM;

9% CR STEELS; CANDIDATE MATERIALS; CHROMIUM STEELS; CREEP RUPTURE STRENGTHS; ELEVATED TEMPERATURES; ENERGY-DISPERSIVE X-RAY ANALYSIS; FERRITIC/MARTENSITIC; FINE DISPERSIONS; HEAT TREATMENT CONDITIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURES; LATTICE PARAMETERS; LOW CARBONS; NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS; SECONDARY PRECIPITATES; STEEL SPECIMENS; SUPERIOR CREEP RESISTANCES; TEMPERED STEEL SPECIMENS; TEMPERING TEMPERATURES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; VANADIUM NITRIDES;

FERRITIC STEEL;

EID: 61649121294     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2008.12.018     Document Type: Article

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