journal article·2026-04

Synergistic effects of dissolved oxygen and subcooled nucleate boiling on CRUD deposition and zirconium alloy corrosion

Qingdong Liu, Qifeng Zeng, Yang Liu, Lefu Zhang, Huilong Yang, Jianfeng Gu, Hiroaki Abe

Corrosion Science· Volume 261
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