Microstructure changes caused by annealing of U-Pu-Zr alloys

Janney, Dawn E.; Sencer, Bulent H.

doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.01.003

Title: Microstructure changes caused by annealing of U-Pu-Zr alloys

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Authors:: Janney, Dawn E.; Sencer, Bulent H.

Publication Date:: Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)

OSTI Identifier:: 1419384

Grant/Contract Number:: AC07-05ID14517

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Nuclear Materials

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Journal of Nuclear Materials Journal Volume: 486 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0022-3115

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: Netherlands

Language:: English

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                    Janney, Dawn E., and Sencer, Bulent H. Microstructure changes caused by annealing of U-Pu-Zr alloys.  Netherlands: N. p., 2017. 
Web.  doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.01.003.

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                    Janney, Dawn E., & Sencer, Bulent H. Microstructure changes caused by annealing of U-Pu-Zr alloys.  Netherlands.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.01.003

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"Microstructure changes caused by annealing of U-Pu-Zr alloys".  Netherlands.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.01.003.

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  title        = {Microstructure changes caused by annealing of U-Pu-Zr alloys},

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