Influence of thiosulfate on the pitting behavior of candidate container materials for the disposal of HLW in Boom clay

NACE - International Corrosion Conference Series

Volumn 2000-March, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Kursten, Bruno ^a   Druyts, Frank ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chloride; Clay; Container materials; Disposal; Pitting corrosion; Polarization; Radioactive waste; Stainless steel; Sulfate; Thiosulfate; Underground; UNS N08904; UNS S31603

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLAY; CONTAINERS; CORROSIVE EFFECTS; GROWTH KINETICS; LOCALIZED CORROSION; PITTING; POLARIZATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE ENCAPSULATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAINLESS STEEL; STEEL CORROSION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; UNDERGROUND CORROSION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CHLORIDE; SULFATE; THIOSULFATE; UNDERGROUND; UNS N08904; UNS S31603;

AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 84867246094     PISSN: 03614409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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