Silver diffusion in coated fuel particles

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3076-3079

  López Honorato, Eddie ^a   Yang, DaXiang ^a   Tan, Jun ^a   Meadows, Philippa J ^a   Xiaow, Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AG DIFFUSION; COATED PARTICLES; DIFFUSION PROCESS; FLUIDIZED BED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; INNOVATIVE METHOD; MECHANICAL PROCESS; NANO-CRACKS; SILVER DIFFUSION; TWO LAYERS;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DIFFUSION; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SILICON CARBIDE; SILVER;

COATED FUEL PARTICLES;

EID: 78649540539     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.04055.x     Document Type: Article

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