Boron-nitride-coated nuclear fuels

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 78-90

  Gündüz, Güngör ^a,d   Uslu, Ibrahim ^a,b   Durmazuçar, Hasan H ^a,c,e  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TURKISH ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY   (Turkey)

^c CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Chemical Engineering Department

Author keywords

Boron nitride; Gadolinia; Urania

Indexed keywords

BORON COMPOUNDS; COATED FUEL PARTICLES; CORROSION RESISTANCE; GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BORON NITRIDE; GADOLINIA; URANIA;

NUCLEAR FUEL PELLETS;

EID: 0030269722     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT96-A35313     Document Type: Article

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