Characterisation of the oxide layer on carbon steel during hot conditioning of primary heat transport systems in heavy-water reactors

Corrosion Science

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1146-1156

  Bojinov, Martin ^a   Gaonkar, Krishna ^b   Ghosh, Swati ^b   Kain, Vivekanand ^b   Kumar, Kiran ^b   Saario, Timo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND METALLURGY   (Bulgaria)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^c VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

A. Steel; B. EIS; B. X ray diffraction; C. Kinetic parameters; C. Passive films

Indexed keywords

A. STEEL; B. EIS; B. X-RAY DIFFRACTION; C. KINETIC PARAMETERS; C. PASSIVE FILMS;

ALUMINUM CORROSION; CARBON STEEL; DIFFRACTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAVY WATER; KINETIC PARAMETERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

OXIDE FILMS;

EID: 67349207084     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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