Corrosion rate of pure copper in an oxic bentonite/saline groundwater environment

Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 148-152

  Rosborg, B ^a   Kranjc, A ^b   Kuhar, V ^b   Legat, A ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SLOVENIAN NATIONAL BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Bentonite clay; Corrosion rate; Electrical resistance sensor; Long term exposure; Pure copper; Saline groundwater

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE CLAY; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; PURE COPPER; SALINE GROUNDWATER;

BENTONITE; COPPER; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; GROUNDWATER; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SENSORS; SPENT FUELS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CORROSION RATE;

EID: 79955651657     PISSN: 1478422X     EISSN: 17432782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743278210Y.0000000015     Document Type: Article

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