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NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 48, Issue 5, 050601(2025)

Microstructure and mechanical properties of SiC_f/SiC brazed joints

Baoliang ZHANG1... Hongqiang ZHANG2,3,*, Menghe TU1, Yu ZHANG2, and Wei GUO23 |Show fewer author(s)

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¹China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413, China

²Beihang University, Beijing 100083, China

³Jiangxi Research Institute, Beihang University, Nanchang 330096, China

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Category: NUCLEAR ENERGY SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Received: May. 28, 2024

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Published Online: Jun. 26, 2025

The Author Email: Hongqiang ZHANG (张宏强)

DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2025.hjs.48.240227

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