Toward an understanding of aging in plutonium from direct measurements of stored energy
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DOI: 10.1080/09500839.2019.1583392
Abstract: ABSTRACT We present here the first direct measurement of the radiation-damage-induced energy stored in δ-phase plutonium. The primary mode of radioactive decay of 239Pu occurs with a time constant of τ=1.1 × 1012 s. Each decay imparts about… read more here.
Keywords: energy; toward understanding; understanding aging; measurements stored ... See more keywords