Pressure induces major changes in the nature of americium's 5f electrons

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 2961-2964

  Heathman, S ^a   Haire, R G ^b   Le Bihan, T ^c   Lindbaum, A ^a   Litfin, K ^a   Meresse Y ^a   Libotte, H ^c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM; CHEMICAL BONDS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; LATTICE CONSTANTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PLUTONIUM; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

DOUBLE HEXAGONAL CLOSE-PACKED STRUCTURE; ELECTRON DELOCALIZATION; FACE CENTERED CUBIC; FACE CENTERED ORTHORHOMBIC;

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS;

EID: 0034298595     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.2961     Document Type: Article

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