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Removal of contaminated oxide layer on carbon steel in hydrochloric acid disodium citrate solutions

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The removal of contaminated high temperature grown magnetite on carbon steel in buffered HCl-disodium citrate solutions has been studied. Decontamination factors higher than 200 concomitantly with a dissolution of metal substrate lower than 1 μm after 1 hour treatment have been obtained.

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  1. Institute of Atomic Physics, IFTM, Bucharest, Romania

    I. H. Plonski

  2. Institute of Nuclear Power Reactors, Pitesti, Romania

    F. Berevoianu & M. Toader

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Plonski, I.H., Berevoianu, F. & Toader, M. Removal of contaminated oxide layer on carbon steel in hydrochloric acid disodium citrate solutions. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 185, 251–254 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02041298

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