Nanoscale characterisation of grain boundary oxidation in cold-worked stainless steels

Corrosion Science

Volumn 63, Issue , 2012, Pages 225-233

  Kruska, Karen ^a   Lozano Perez, Sergio ^a   Saxey, David W ^a,c   Terachi, Takumi ^b   Yamada, Takuyo ^b   Smith, George D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SAFETY SYSTEM   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

A. Stainless steel; B. TEM; C. Oxidation

Indexed keywords

304 STAINLESS STEEL; ATOM PROBE TOMOGRAPHY; GRAIN BOUNDARY OXIDATION; NANO SCALE; NOVEL INFORMATION; OXIDE COMPOSITIONS; PRIMARY WATER;

GRAIN BOUNDARIES; OXIDATION; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 84864308957     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2012.06.030     Document Type: Article

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