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Title: An ab-initio based semi-empirical thermal conductivity model for multiphase uranium-zirconium alloys

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OSTI Identifier:
1815194
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Journal Name:
Journal of Nuclear Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Journal of Nuclear Materials Journal Volume: 553 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0022-3115
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
Netherlands
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Zhou, Shuxiang, Zhang, Yongfeng, and Morgan, Dane. An ab-initio based semi-empirical thermal conductivity model for multiphase uranium-zirconium alloys. Netherlands: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2021.153044.
Zhou, Shuxiang, Zhang, Yongfeng, & Morgan, Dane. An ab-initio based semi-empirical thermal conductivity model for multiphase uranium-zirconium alloys. Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2021.153044
Zhou, Shuxiang, Zhang, Yongfeng, and Morgan, Dane. Wed . "An ab-initio based semi-empirical thermal conductivity model for multiphase uranium-zirconium alloys". Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2021.153044.
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