Beryllium capsule coating development for NIF targets

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 547-552

  Xu, H W ^a   Alford, C S ^b   Cooley, J C ^c   Dixon, L A ^a   Hackenberg, R E ^c   Letts, S A ^b   Moreno, K A ^a   Nikroo, A ^a   Wall, J R ^a   Youngblood, K P ^a  

^a GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GRAIN GROWTH; RADIOGRAPHY; SPUTTER DEPOSITION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAYS;

ABLATOR CAPSULES; CAPSULE COATING; COATING RATE; NODULAR GROWTH;

TARGETS;

EID: 34250673503     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST51-547     Document Type: Conference Paper

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