CuMnNiSi precipitate evolution in irradiated reactor pressure vessel steels: Integrated Cluster Dynamics and experiments

doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2019.09.016

Title: CuMnNiSi precipitate evolution in irradiated reactor pressure vessel steels: Integrated Cluster Dynamics and experiments

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Mamivand, Mahmood; Wells, Peter;

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; Odette, G. Robert;

Publication Date:: 2019-11-01

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

OSTI Identifier:: 1562722

Grant/Contract Number:: AC07-051D14517

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Acta Materialia

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Acta Materialia Journal Volume: 180 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 1359-6454

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Mamivand, Mahmood, Wells, Peter, Ke, Huibin, Shu, Shipeng, Odette, G. Robert, and Morgan, Dane. CuMnNiSi precipitate evolution in irradiated reactor pressure vessel steels: Integrated Cluster Dynamics and experiments.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Mamivand, Mahmood, Wells, Peter, Ke, Huibin, Shu, Shipeng, Odette, G. Robert, & Morgan, Dane. CuMnNiSi precipitate evolution in irradiated reactor pressure vessel steels: Integrated Cluster Dynamics and experiments.  United States.  doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2019.09.016.

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                    Mamivand, Mahmood, Wells, Peter, Ke, Huibin, Shu, Shipeng, Odette, G. Robert, and Morgan, Dane. Fri .  
        "CuMnNiSi precipitate evolution in irradiated reactor pressure vessel steels: Integrated Cluster Dynamics and experiments".  United States.  doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2019.09.016.

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  title        = {CuMnNiSi precipitate evolution in irradiated reactor pressure vessel steels: Integrated Cluster Dynamics and experiments},

  author       = {Mamivand, Mahmood and Wells, Peter and Ke, Huibin and Shu, Shipeng and Odette, G. Robert and Morgan, Dane},

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  doi          = {10.1016/j.actamat.2019.09.016},

  journal      = {Acta Materialia},

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  volume       = 180,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2019},

  month        = {11}

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