Investigation of the impact of simple carbon interstitial formations on thermal neutron scattering in graphite

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 449-462

  Hawari, Ayman I ^a   Al Qasir, Iyad I ^a   Ougouag, Abderrafi M ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GRAPHITE; IRRADIATION; PHONONS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

EXPOSURE LEVELS; GRAPHITE SUPERCELLS; PHONON FREQUENCY SPECTRA; SIMPLE CARBON INTERSTITIAL FORMATIONS;

NEUTRON SCATTERING;

EID: 33947179483     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE07-A2676     Document Type: Conference Paper

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