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CHEMISTRY PARAMETERS
pH
Chemistry Volume 2 of 2
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Reactor Water Chemistry
DOE-HDBK-1015/2-93
CHEMISTRY PARAMETERS
Rev. 0
CH-03
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TABLE 1
Summary of Reactor Coolant Chemistry Control
Parameter
Reason
Method of Control
pH
To preclude caustic stress
addition
To inhibit corrosion
Ion exchange
To protect corrosion film
Ammonium hydroxide
corrosion
Nitric acid
addition
Dissolved Oxygen
Hydrogen addition
To inhibit corrosion
Hydrazine addition
Hydrogen
To scavenge oxygen
Hydrogen
addition
To suppress radiolytic
decomposition of water
To scavenge
nitrogen
To preclude
hydrogen
Degassification
embrittlement
Total Gas Content
To protect pumps
Degassification
To indicate air in leakage
Deaeration of makeup water
Conductivity
To minimize scale formation
Ion exchange
To indicate increased corrosion
Feed and Bleed
Chlorides
To preclude chloride stress
corrosion
Ion exchange
Feed and bleed
Fluorine
To preclude corrosion of Zr
cladding
Ion exchange
Feed and Bleed
Boron
To control
reactivity
Boric acid addition
Radioactivity
To indicate increased corrosion
Ion exchange
To indicate a crud burst
Feed and bleed
To indicate a core fuel defect
To monitor effectiveness of
demineralizer
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