Laser-induced-vaporisation mass-spectrometry studies on UO2, UC, and ThO2

High Temperatures - High Pressures

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 411-424

  Joseph, Mathew ^a   Sivakumar, Natrajan ^a   Manoravi, Periasamy ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSIENT HEATING;

HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; LASER PULSES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTIAL PRESSURE; SURFACE PHENOMENA; THORIA; URANIUM CARBIDE; VAPORIZATION;

URANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 0036434846     PISSN: 00181544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/htjr046     Document Type: Article

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