Radiation Materials Science II

3 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: NERS 421, NERS 521 or permission of instructor. Enforced Prerequisite: None. (3 credits) Mechanical and environmental effects of irradiation. Mechanical effects include hardening, embrittlement, fracture and creep. Thermodynamics and kinetics of corrosion, corrosion in high temperature aqueous environments, stress corrosion cracking and effects of irradiation on corrosion and stress corrosion cracking.