Titanium carbide nanocrystals in circumstellar environments

Science

Volumn 288, Issue 5464, 2000, Pages 313-316

  Von Helden, G ^a,b   Tielens, A G G M ^c   Van Heijnsbergen, D ^a,b   Duncan, M A ^d   Hony, S ^e   Waters, L B F M ^e,f   Meijer, G ^a,b  

^a FOM INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA PHYSICS RIJNHUIZEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE; ISOTOPE; NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM CARBIDE;

ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METEORITE; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CRYSTAL; GAS; GRAIN; INFRARED RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR ENERGY;

ASTRONOMY; COSMIC DUST; TITANIUM;

EID: 0034646980     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.288.5464.313     Document Type: Article

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