Experimental investigation of steel corrosion in Lead Bismuth Eutectic (LBE): characterization, species identification, and chemical reactions
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The goal of the present research is to achieve a basic understanding of corrosion of steels by Lead Bismuth Eutectic (LBE). Liquid LBE is under consideration in the transmuter as both a coolant and a target material. There have been studies of LBE, especially by the Russians, but a fundamental understanding and verification of its role in the corrosion of steels is still very
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