Atomistic models to investigate thorium dioxide (ThO 2)

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 24, Issue 21, 2012, Pages

  Behera, Rakesh K ^a   Deo, Chaitanya S ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC LEVELS; ATOMISTIC MODELS; BURN UP; CRITICAL ASSESSMENT; DEFECT FORMATION ENERGIES; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY RESEARCH; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; FUEL CYCLE; INTERATOMIC POTENTIAL; LOW-INDEX SURFACES; PROLIFERATION RESISTANCE;

BINDING ENERGY; CALCULATIONS; DEFECTS; PHASE STABILITY;

THORIUM;

THORIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHASE TRANSITION; QUANTUM THEORY; YOUNG MODULUS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHASE TRANSITION; QUANTUM THEORY; THORIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84861108660     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/24/21/215405     Document Type: Article

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