Thesis
Atomic scale studies of thermally aged pressure vessel steels
- Abstract:
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In Pressurised Water Reactors, the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) is considered a life limiting component due to the degradation of its mechanical properties. Nano-scale Cu-enriched precipitates are known to cause embrittlement in the form of increases in hardness and the ductile-to-brittle transition temperature. The effect of irradiation on the RPV is the dominant contributor to this embrittlement. This is due to the increased mobility of Cu from the high number of vacancies, and the mat...
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Contributors
+ Smith, G
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Materials
Role:
Supervisor
+ Hyde, J
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Materials
Role:
Supervisor
Funding
Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 2013
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- Oxford University, UK
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Subjects:
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- ora:8355
- Deposit date:
- 2014-04-28
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- Copyright holder:
- Paul Styman
- Copyright date:
- 2013
- Notes:
- This thesis is not currently available in ORA.
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