The polymer impregnation and pyrolysis method for producing enhanced conductivity LWR fuels

Proceedings of the 2004 International Meeting on LWR Fuel Performance

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 146-155

  Solomon, Alvin A ^a   Fourcade, Julien ^a   Lee, Sang Gyu ^a   Kuchibhotla, Sarma ^a   Revankar, Shripad ^a   Latta, Ryan ^a   Holman, Peter L ^b   McCoy, J Kevin ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE FABRICATION; IMMERSION DENSITY MEASUREMENTS; POLYMER IMPREGNATION;

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; NUCLEAR FUELS; POLYMERS; POROSITY; PYROLYSIS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

IMPREGNATION;

EID: 32144449596     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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