Oxidation of plutonium metal

Atomic Energy

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 954-960

  Tsarenko, I A ^a   Serik, V F ^a   Titov, V V ^a   Akishin, V S ^b   Khokhlov, V A ^b  

^a KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b Siberian Chemical Combine   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 12844278289     PISSN: 10634258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011366803541     Document Type: Article

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