The corrosion behaviour of zirconium alloys has been the subject of intense study as a result of their extensive use for pressure tubing and fuel element cladding in nuclear reactors, particularly water cooled reactors. However, even in the absence of radiation fields, the mechanism of zircaloy corrosion in aqueous environments continues to be an area of current interest, and the subject of debate1-5 .
Subject
Films,
Water,
Ions,
Oxides,
Diffusion,
Zirconium,
Oxide films,
Metal oxides,
Oxide surfaces,
Film formation,
Film thickness,
Oxygen,
Oxidation
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