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NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 48, Issue 6, 060007(2025)

Microstructural evolution of ultrafine-grained graphite studied by in situ electron irradiation

Yijun SUN1,2, Xue WANG1、*, and Xingtai ZHOU1、**
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  • 1Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    Category: Special Topics of Academic Papers at The 27th Annual Meeting of the China Association for Science and Technology

    Received: Jan. 21, 2025

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jul. 25, 2025

    The Author Email: Xue WANG (汪雪), Xingtai ZHOU (周兴泰)

    DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2025.hjs.48.250031

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