Actinides 2008 ― Basic Science, Applications and Technology: Volume 1104 (MRS Proceedings) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1605110744 ISBN 13: 9781605110745

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

With the growing demand for affordable energy and concerns about the environment, there is a renaissance underway in fundamental actinide science, underpinning the development of materials, fuels, waste forms, and separation technologies for nuclear energy. Actinide materials pose an extreme scientific challenge to the materials research community. The complex electronic structure of actinides results in many abnormal properties that even today are not well understood, if at all. The focus of this book, the fourth in a continuing series, is on fundamental actinide science and its role in resolving technical challenges posed by actinides materials. Both basic and applied experimental approaches, as well as theoretical modeling and computational simulation, are featured. Topic include: phase transformation and metallurgy; electron correlations and structure; nuclear fuel, waste and storage; actinide chemistry; spectroscopy and microscopy of actinides; atomistic modeling; and superconductivity and complex behavior.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1605110744
• ISBN 13: 9781605110745
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 279
• Editor: Shuh David K., Chung Brandon W., Albrecht-Schmitt Thomas, Gouder Thomas, Thompson Joe D.