Fabrication routes for yttria-stabilized zirconia suitable for the production for minor actinide transmutation targets

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 827-832

  Somers, Joseph ^a   Fernández, Asunción ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; AUTOMATION; INFILTRATION; NUCLEAR REACTORS; REMOTE CONTROL; SINTERING; SOL-GELS; TARGETS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS; ZIRCONIA;

ACTINIDE TRANSMUTATION TARGETS; REMOTE OPERATION; TRANSMUTATION; YTTRIA-STABILIZED ZIRCONIA;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 27644552563     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2005.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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