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D. H. Lister
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 61 | Number 1 | September 1976 | Pages 107-112
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE76-A28466
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An existing mathematical model that describes the contamination of isothermal steel surfaces by radioactive corrosion products in high-temperature water is extended by including a term for mass transfer across the fluid boundary layer. Fits to experimental data from recirculating and once-through loops remain good, while predictions of corrosion rate are altered slightly. Resulting variations of initial deposition coefficient and surface activity with velocity are shown.