On the transport and speciation of ruthenium in high temperature oxidising conditions

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 297-304

  Backman, Ulrika ^a   Lipponen, Maija ^b   Auvinen, Ari ^a   Tapper, Unto ^a   Zilliacus, Riitta ^b   Jokiniemi, Jorma K ^a  

^a VTT Processes   (Finland)

^b Nuclear Power Plant Technology   (Finland)

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EID: 19144366932     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.93.5.297.64280     Document Type: Article

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