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Uranium and neodymium partitioning in alkali chloride melts using low-melting gallium-based alloys

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|Dec 2015

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nuka-2015-0116 | Journal eISSN: 1508-5791 | Journal ISSN: 0029-5922
Language: English
Page range: 915 - 920
Submitted on: Jun 18, 2015
Accepted on: Aug 25, 2015
Published on: Dec 30, 2015
Published by: Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2015 Stanislav Yu. Melchakov, Dmitry S. Maltsev, Vladimir A. Volkovich, Leonid F. Yamshchikov, Dmitry G. Lisienko, Aleksandr G. Osipenko, Mikhail A. Rusakov, published by Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
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