Plasma-deposited beryllium carbide coatings for application to inertial confinement fusion

Fusion Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 24-31

  Shih, Wu Sheng ^a,c   Stephens, R B ^b   James, W J ^a  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

^c BREWER SCIENCE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CARBIDES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; HYDROGEN; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BERYLLIUM CARBIDE; PLASMA REACTORS;

CERAMIC COATINGS;

EID: 0033881846     PISSN: 07481896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST00-A118     Document Type: Article

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