Plutonium alpha phase metal samples are mirror finished 6mmx6mm squares 250 micrometers thick, sandwiched between platinum sample holders and transparent lithium - fluorite windows, and mounted in Z target copper panels.
Not exact matches
His work on
phase transformations has proven valuable to the Laboratory's Advanced Strategic Computing Program and helped clarify a detailed mechanism for the
alpha to delta
phase transformation in
plutonium.
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Alpha phase plutonium structure is studied under extreme pressures and temperatures using the pulsed power Z - Machine.