The influence of oxide thickness on the early stages of the massive uranium-hydrogen reaction

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 426, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 106-117

  Harker, Robert M ^a  

^a AWE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Break away oxidation; Hydriding; Nucleation kinetics; Oxide barrier; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ADSORBENTS; HYDROGEN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEATION; OXIDATION; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

BREAK AWAY OXIDATION; CONSTANT VOLUME CELLS; NUCLEATION KINETICS; OXIDE THICKNESS;

REACTION KINETICS;

EID: 33750978682     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2006.02.014     Document Type: Article

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