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Pulse electrodecontamination of the surface of steel

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Pulse electrodecontamination of the surface of steel

LU Chun-Hai
SUN Ying
LANG Ding-Mu
ZHU Xiao-Hong
FEI Yue
GAO Ge
XIE Wei-Hua
Nuclear Science and TechniquesVol.15, No.5pp.312-316Published in print 01 Oct 2004
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Electrochemical decontamination is a new technology for removing heavy metal from the surface of conductor. The optimum parameters are explored by studying the working mode with pulsed power supply. For testing and verifying advantages of this technology, we have made an experment on removing uranium pollution from metal surface of a polluted equipment, which has been used for over 20 years. A good decontamination result has been obtained even if a lower current density is supplied.

UraniumSurfaceDecontaminationElectrochemistry
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