Origin of low thermal conductivity in nuclear fuels

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Yin, Quan ^a   Savrasov, Sergey Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; NUCLEAR FUELS; PIGMENTS; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRICITY;

AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY (APS); ANHARMONICITY; GROUP VELOCITY (GV); HEAT CARRIERS; LATTICE DYNAMICAL PROPERTIES; LONGITUDINAL ACOUSTIC MODES; LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; MANY-BODY APPROACH; OPTICAL MODES;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 44949108153     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.225504     Document Type: Article

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