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Title: Micro gas-puff based source

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1092950
Patent Number(s):
8530854
Application Number:
13/647,970
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21B - FUSION REACTORS
G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21G - CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ELEMENTS
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

Citation Formats

Derzon, Mark S., and Galambos, Paul C. Micro gas-puff based source. United States: N. p., 2013. Web.
Derzon, Mark S., & Galambos, Paul C. Micro gas-puff based source. United States.
Derzon, Mark S., and Galambos, Paul C. Tue . "Micro gas-puff based source". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1092950.
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