Effect of dissolved hydrogen on the electrochemical behaviour of Alloy 600 in simulated PWR primary water at 290°C

Corrosion Science

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1983-1989

  Qiu, Yubing ^a,b   Shoji, Tetsuo ^a   Lu, Zhanpeng ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Alloy; B. EIS; B. Polarization; C. High temperature corrosion; C. Passivity

Indexed keywords

A. ALLOY; B. EIS; B. POLARIZATION; C. HIGH TEMPERATURE CORROSION; C. PASSIVITY;

ALLOYS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN; OXIDE FILMS; PASSIVATION; POLARIZATION;

ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION;

EID: 79952897800     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2011.02.020     Document Type: Article

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