The development of pressurized-water and boiling-water reactors (PWRs and BWRs) together with the development and operational experience of heat exchangers and boilers, has led to increased consideration being paid to the aqueous corrosion behaviour of iron- and nickel-base alloys. Attack can take various forms covering. general corrosion, localized pitting, and stress-corrosion cracking-a term applied to a type of mechanical failure dependent upon the environment and the application of stress
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