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Europium and samarium reduction

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Lanthanum and cerium have proven to be successful reductants of these rare-earth metals which exhibit attractive high thermal-neutron-cross-sections.

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  1. US Bureau of Mines Experiment Station, Albany, Ore., USA

    T. T. Campbell (Chemical engineer) & F. E. Block (Chemical engineer)

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Campbell, T.T., Block, F.E. Europium and samarium reduction. JOM 11, 744–746 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03397836

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