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NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES
Vol. 47, Issue 2, 020605 (2024)

Effects of spark plasma sintering parameters on mechanical and thermal properties of U₃Si₂ pellets

Jinzhao ZOU^1、3, Shizhuan XU^1、3, Peng WANG^1、**, Changqing CAO¹, Chao YAN¹, Zhiyong ZHU¹, Jun LIN^1、*, Yan YOU², Junqiang LU², and Libing ZHU²

Author Affiliations

¹Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

²Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute Co., Ltd., Shanghai 200233, China

³University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

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Jinzhao ZOU, Shizhuan XU, Peng WANG, Changqing CAO, Chao YAN, Zhiyong ZHU, Jun LIN, Yan YOU, Junqiang LU, Libing ZHU. Effects of spark plasma sintering parameters on mechanical and thermal properties of U₃Si₂ pellets[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2024, 47(2): 020605 Copy Citation Text

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Jinzhao ZOU, Shizhuan XU, Peng WANG, Changqing CAO, Chao YAN, Zhiyong ZHU, Jun LIN, Yan YOU, Junqiang LU, Libing ZHU. Effects of spark plasma sintering parameters on mechanical and thermal properties of U₃Si₂ pellets[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2024, 47(2): 020605

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