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

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

Jinzhao ZOU1,3, Shizhuan XU1,3, Peng WANG1、**, Changqing CAO1, Chao YAN1, Zhiyong ZHU1, Jun LIN1、*, Yan YOU2, Junqiang LU2, and Libing ZHU2
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  • 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

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Aug. 30, 2023

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Apr. 24, 2024

    The Author Email: WANG Peng (王鹏), LIN Jun (林俊)

    DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2024.hjs.47.020605

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