Real-time monitoring of copper corrosion at the Äspö HRL

EUROCORR 2004 - European Corrosion Conference: Long Term Prediction and Modelling of Corrosion

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Rosborg, Bo ^a   Eden, David ^b   Karnland, Ola ^c   Pan, Jinshan ^a   Werme, Lars ^d  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b InterCorr International Inc   (United States)

^c Ideon Science Park   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH NUCLEAR FUEL AND WASTE MANAGEMENT CO   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Copper; General corrosion; Groundwater; Localized corrosion; Real time corrosion monitoring

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE CLAY; COPPER CANISTERS; COPPER COUPON; CORROSION MONITORING; ELECTROCHEMICAL NOISE TECHNIQUE; GENERAL CORROSION; GENERAL CORROSION RATE; HARD ROCKS; HARMONIC DISTORTION ANALYSIS; HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; INFORMATION CONCERNING; LABORATORY WORK; LOCAL ATTACK; LOCALIZATION FACTOR; LOCALIZED CORROSION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; OXIC CONDITIONS; POLARIZATION RESISTANCES; REAL TIME CORROSION MONITORING; REAL TIME MONITORING; REALISTIC ENVIRONMENTS; ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; SPENT NUCLEAR FUELS; STOCKHOLM;

ALUMINUM CORROSION; BENTONITE; COPPER; COPPER CORROSION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; GROUNDWATER; OXYGEN SUPPLY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

CORROSION RATE;

EID: 84889902793     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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