Alpha-plutonium's polycrystalline elastic moduli over its full temperature range

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1994-2001

  Migliori, A ^a   Pantea, C ^a   Ledbetter, H ^a   Stroe, I ^a   Betts, J B ^a   Mitchell, J N ^a   Ramos, M ^a   Freibert, F ^a   Dooley, D ^a   Harrington, S ^a   Mielke, C H ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; DEBYE TEMPERATURE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POISSON RATIO; POLYCRYSTALS;

ELECTRON LOCALIZATION-DELOCALIZATION; FRACTIONAL STIFFENING; GRUNEISEN PARAMETER; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ELASTIC MODULI;

CRYSTALLIN; METAL; PLUTONIUM;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COOLING; CRYSTAL; ELECTRON; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; PHASE TRANSITION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WARMING; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 34848833476     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2767419     Document Type: Article

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