An overview of materials degradation by stress corrosion in PWRs

Corrosion Issues in Light Water Reactors: Stress Corrosion Cracking

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 3-24

  Scott, P M ^a  

^a AREVA NP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CORROSION;

MATERIALS DEGRADATION; STRESS CORROSION;

STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

EID: 77955266802     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781845693466.1.3     Document Type: Chapter

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