The corrosion of more than 176 million year old native copper plates from a deposit in mudstone in South Devon; United Kingdom

NACE - International Corrosion Conference Series

Volumn 2003-April, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Milodowski, Antoni E ^a   Styles, Michael T ^a   Werme, Lars ^b   Oversby, Virginia M ^c  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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

^c VMO Konsult   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Copper; Lifetime predictions.; Natural analogues; Nuclear waste containers

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; COPPER; COPPER PLATING; FUELS; GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; RADIOACTIVE WASTE ENCAPSULATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; UNDERGROUND CORROSION; WEATHERING;

DEEP GEOLOGIC REPOSITORIES; DEEP GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORY; DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY; GEOLOGICAL TIMESCALES; LIFETIME PREDICTION; NATURAL ANALOGUES; NUCLEAR WASTE CONTAINERS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

COPPER CORROSION;

EID: 84922490440     PISSN: 03614409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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