• NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES
  • Vol. 45, Issue 11, 110201 (2022)
Tao ZHANG1、2, Ke HAN1、2, Jianglai LIU1、2, Yue MENG1、2、*, Yukun YAO1, Siguang WANG3, Bobo LI4, Yinqi LIU4, and Teng PEI4
Author Affiliations
  • 1Sichuan Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Chengdu 610213, China
  • 2School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 3School of Physics, State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology and Center for High Energy Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • 4Luoyang Shuangrui Titanium Precision Casting Co. , Ltd. , Luoyang 471000, China
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    DOI: 10.11889/j.0253-3219.2022.hjs.45.110201 Cite this Article
    Tao ZHANG, Ke HAN, Jianglai LIU, Yue MENG, Yukun YAO, Siguang WANG, Bobo LI, Yinqi LIU, Teng PEI. Investigation of vacuum melting technique for low background titanium[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2022, 45(11): 110201 Copy Citation Text show less
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    Tao ZHANG, Ke HAN, Jianglai LIU, Yue MENG, Yukun YAO, Siguang WANG, Bobo LI, Yinqi LIU, Teng PEI. Investigation of vacuum melting technique for low background titanium[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2022, 45(11): 110201
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