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Radiation-Resistant Alloys of the Nickel-Chromium System

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Properties of some alloys of the nickel-chromium system are studied with the aim of determining the possibility of their use as structural materials for nuclear reactors. It is shown that at some compositions such alloys form a structure ensuring high process and service properties under irradiation in boiling water reactors and pressurized water reactors. Commercial production of these alloys has begun.

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Translated from Metallovedenie i Termicheskaya Obrabotka Metallov, No. 7, pp. 78 – 82, July, 2005.

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Solonin, M.I. Radiation-Resistant Alloys of the Nickel-Chromium System. Met Sci Heat Treat 47, 328–332 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11041-005-0074-7

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