Corrosion behavior of 000Cr25Ni20 and 304L stainless steels in boiling nitric acid solutions containing Ce4+ ions

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Issue		Res. Des. Nucl. Eng. Volume 1, 2025


Article Number		2025009
Number of page(s)		11
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/rdne/2025009
Published online		16 December 2025

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