Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams

, Volume 10, Issue 2, pp 160–164 | Cite as

The Pu-U (Plutonium-Uranium) system

  • D. E. Peterson
  • E. M. Foltyn
Alloy Phase Diagram Evaluations Pu-U

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Plutonium Equi Diagram Alloy Phase Diagram Crys Structure Peritectoid Reaction 
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  • D. E. Peterson
    • 1
  • E. M. Foltyn
    • 1
  1. 1.Materials Science and Technology DivisionLos Alamos National LaboratoryLos Alamos

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