Role of the second-phase particles in zirconium binary alloys

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1423, 2002, Pages 33-55

  Barberis, P ^a   Ahlberg, E ^b   Simic, N ^b   Charquet, D ^a   Lemaignan, C ^c   Wikmark, G ^d   Dahlback M ^e   Limback M ^e   Tagtstrom P ^g   Lehtinen, B ^f  

^a CEZUS Research Centre   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^d Advanced Nuclear Technology   (Sweden)

^e Westinghouse Atom AB   (Sweden)

^f BL Electron Microscopy   (Sweden)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Corrosion; Electrochemistry; Grain size; Intermetallic compound; Precipitate; Zirconium alloys

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HEAT TREATMENT; INTERMETALLICS; OXIDATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOLUME FRACTION;

CORROSION RATES; PRECIPITATES; SECOND-PHASE PARTICLES (SPP); STRESS GRADIENTS;

ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 8844266082     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp11382s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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