A brief history of TEM observations of plutonium and its alloys

JOM

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 24-27

  Zocco, T G ^a   Schwartz, A J ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRONS; MORPHOLOGY; PLUTONIUM; TEMPERATURE; TOXIC MATERIALS;

MONOCLINIC STRUCTURE; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0242348662     PISSN: 10474838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11837-003-0024-z     Document Type: Article

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