The initial stage of uranium oxidation: Mechanism of UO2 scale formation in the presence of a native lateral stress field

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 110, Issue 46, 2006, Pages 23041-23051

  Chernia, Z ^a   Ben Eliyahu, Y ^a   Kimmel, G ^b   Braun, G ^a   Sariel, J ^a  

^a NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); OXIDATION; STOICHIOMETRY; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GAS SOLID OXIDATION; HYPERSTOICHIOMETRIC OXIDES; LATERAL STRESS FIELD; OXIDE SCALE;

URANIUM;

EID: 33846036882     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp062795n     Document Type: Article

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