Development of divinylbenzene foam shells for use as inertial fusion energy reactor targets

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 321-326

  Streit, Jon ^a,b   Schroen, Diana ^a  

^a SCHAFER CORPORATION   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Divinylbenzene; Fusion capsules; Microencapsulation

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; FOAMS; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; MONOMERS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

FUSION CAPSULES;

FUSION REACTORS;

EID: 0038137625     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST43-321     Document Type: Conference Paper

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