Plutonium: Coping with instability

被引：15
作者：
Hecker, SS [1 ]
机构：
[1] Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
来源：
JOM-JOURNAL OF THE MINERALS METALS & MATERIALS SOCIETY | 2003年 / 55卷 / 09期
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10.1007/s11837-003-0022-1
中图分类号：
T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要：
Plutonium is unstable with time because of its radioactive decay, but it is the peculiar nature of its electronic structure that gives rise to phase instability with temperature, pressure, and chemical additions, making engineering applications particularly challenging. This instability leads to an interesting array of phase transformations and microstructures.
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