Separative performance in a vacuum arc centrifuge

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 620-627

  Hole, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ARCS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; ISOTOPES; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; PLASMA DEVICES;

VACUUM ARC CENTRIFUGES (VAC);

CENTRIFUGES;

EID: 0032656051     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.772294     Document Type: Article

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