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Application of positron annihilation to study the effect of calcium oxide addition on the sintering process of alumina nanoceramics

Xuanye YANG, Wenzheng ZHAO, Simin ZHANG, Haiyi WEN, and Yichu WU^*

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School of Physics and Technology, Hubei Key Laboratory of Nuclear Solid State Physics, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China

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Xuanye YANG, Wenzheng ZHAO, Simin ZHANG, Haiyi WEN, Yichu WU. Application of positron annihilation to study the effect of calcium oxide addition on the sintering process of alumina nanoceramics[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2025, 48(2): 020201

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Category: ACCELERATOR, RAY TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS

Received: Apr. 13, 2024

Accepted: --

Published Online: Mar. 14, 2025

The Author Email: WU Yichu (WUYichu)

DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2025.hjs.48.240144

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