A transient liquid-like phase in the displacement cascades of zircon, hafnon and thorite

Nature

Volumn 395, Issue 6697, 1998, Pages 56-58

  Meldrum, A ^a   Zinkle, S J ^a   Boatner, L A ^a   Ewing, R C ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; ZIRCONIUM;

ARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; IRRADIATION; MISCIBILITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032480345     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/25698     Document Type: Article

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