Comparing the corrosion of uranium nitride and uranium dioxide surfaces with H2O2
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Nuclear Materials
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0022-3115
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.03.006