On prediction of the ignition potential of uranium metal and hydride

Nuclear Safety

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 12-26

  Epstein, M ^b   Luangdilok, W ^b   Plys, M G ^b   Fauske, H K ^a  

^a Fauske Associates Inc   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; EXPERIMENTS; FORECASTING; IGNITION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

IGNITION POTENTIAL; URANIUM METAL AND HYDRIDE;

URANIUM;

URANIUM;

CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OXIDATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; THEORY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; URANIUM MINE;

EID: 0029806974     PISSN: 00295604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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