Hydrogen induced cracking of titanium alloys in environments anticipated in Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository

NACE - International Corrosion Conference Series

Volumn 2005-April, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Hua, Fred ^a   Mon, Kevin ^b   De, Gopal ^a   Pasupathi, Pasu ^a   Gordon, Gerald ^b   Shoesmith, David ^c  

^a Bechtel SAIC Company LLC   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydrogen induced cracking; Nuclear waste; Palladium; Titanium alloys

Indexed keywords

GALVANIC CORROSION; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT; PALLADIUM; PALLADIUM ALLOYS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT; CORROSION PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENERAL CORROSION; HYDROGEN ABSORPTION; HYDROGEN CONCENTRATION; HYDROGEN INDUCED CRACKING; NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORIES;

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 69149109141     PISSN: 03614409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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