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Mechanisms of water chemistry on oxide microstructures in zirconium alloy corrosion: A comparative study via PED-EELS

Qingdong Liu, Fengxin Zheng, Jianchao Peng, Jing Hu, Qifeng Zeng, Yi Zhao, Jianfeng Gu, Hiroaki Abe

Corrosion Science· Volume 256
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