Characterization and stability of thin oxide films on plutonium surfaces

Surface Science

Volumn 605, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 314-320

  Flores, H G García ^a,b   Roussel, P ^c   Moore, D P ^b   Pugmire, D L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c AWE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AES; Oxidation; Plutonium; XPS

Indexed keywords

AES; AUTOREDUCTION; METAL OXIDE INTERFACE; METAL SURFACES; NEAR SURFACE REGIONS; OXIDATION STATE; PLUTONIUM DIOXIDE; PLUTONIUM METAL; PLUTONIUM OXIDE; PLUTONIUM SURFACES; RELATIVE CONCENTRATION; THIN OXIDE FILMS; XPS;

AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS; STOICHIOMETRY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

OXIDE FILMS;

EID: 78651253542     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2010.10.034     Document Type: Article

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