Local Structural Investigation of Pu-7at.%Ga Alloys Using Neutron Total Scattering

Smith, Alice Iulia; Page, Katharine L.; Daemen, Luc Louis; Richmond, Scott; Siewenie, Joan; Saleh, Tarik A.; Ramos, Michael; Schwartz, Daniel S.

Title: Local Structural Investigation of Pu-7at.%Ga Alloys Using Neutron Total Scattering

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Smith, Alice Iulia ^[1]; Page, Katharine L. ^[2]; Daemen, Luc Louis ^[1]; Richmond, Scott ^[1]; Siewenie, Joan ^[1]; Saleh, Tarik A. ^[1]; Ramos, Michael ^[1]; Schwartz, Daniel S. ^[1]

Los Alamos National Laboratory
ORNL

Publication Date:: Wed Sep 03 00:00:00 EDT 2014

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: DOE/LANL

OSTI Identifier:: 1154985

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-14-26897

DOE Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Conference: 2014 Plutonium Futures The Science ; 2014-09-07 - 2014-09-12 ; Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: Condensed Matter Physics, Superconductivity & Superfluidity(75); Materials Science(36)

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                    Smith, Alice Iulia, Page, Katharine L., Daemen, Luc Louis, Richmond, Scott, Siewenie, Joan, Saleh, Tarik A., Ramos, Michael, and Schwartz, Daniel S. Local Structural Investigation of Pu-7at.%Ga Alloys Using Neutron Total Scattering.  United States: N. p., 2014. 
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                    Smith, Alice Iulia, Page, Katharine L., Daemen, Luc Louis, Richmond, Scott, Siewenie, Joan, Saleh, Tarik A., Ramos, Michael, & Schwartz, Daniel S. Local Structural Investigation of Pu-7at.%Ga Alloys Using Neutron Total Scattering.  United States.

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                    Smith, Alice Iulia, Page, Katharine L., Daemen, Luc Louis, Richmond, Scott, Siewenie, Joan, Saleh, Tarik A., Ramos, Michael, and Schwartz, Daniel S. 2014.  
        "Local Structural Investigation of Pu-7at.%Ga Alloys Using Neutron Total Scattering".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1154985.

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