Synthesis and investigation of Pu-doped single crystal zircon, (Zr, Pu)SiO4

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 90, Issue 37288, 2002, Pages 95-97

  Burakov, B E ^a   Zamoryanskaya, M V ^a   Garbuzov, V M ^a   Zirlin, V A ^a   Hanchar, J M ^b  

^a KHLOPIN RADIUM INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinides; Cathodoluminescence; Pu; Synthesis; Zircon; Zoning

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDE; PLUTONIUM; ZIRCONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUMINESCENCE; MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0036182116     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.2002.90.2_2002.95     Document Type: Article

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