Evaluation of precipitates used in strainer head loss testing: Part III. Long-term aluminum hydroxide precipitation tests in borated water

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 241, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1914-1925

  Bahn, Chi Bum ^a   Kasza, Ken E ^a   Shack, William J ^a   Natesan, Ken ^a   Klein, Paul ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AL ALLOYS; ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; ALKALINE WATER; ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; AMORPHOUS PRECIPITATE; COLLOID STABILITY; CRYSTALLINE FORM; EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEM; HEAD LOSS; HYDROXIDE PRECIPITATION; PROTEIN SOLUTION; SOLUTION TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE HISTORY; TEST RESULTS;

ALKALINITY; ALUMINUM; BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; FLOCCULATION; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SOLUBILITY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 79954993042     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2010.10.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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