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Title: First quarter report of temperature measurements during the heating phase of the drift-scale test

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Research Org.:
LLNL (US)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Washington, DC (US)
OSTI Identifier:
16728
Report Number(s):
UCRL-ID-131014
ON: DE98057898; TRN: US200222%%435
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-Eng-48
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Supercedes report DE98057898; PBD: 01 Jun 1998; PBD: 1 Jun 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
58 GEOSCIENCES; HEATING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY

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Blair, S., LLNL. First quarter report of temperature measurements during the heating phase of the drift-scale test. United States: N. p., 1998. Web. doi:10.2172/16728.
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title = {First quarter report of temperature measurements during the heating phase of the drift-scale test},
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