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Speciation and Bioavailability Measurements of Environmental Plutonium Using Diffusion in Thin Films
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Speciation and Bioavailability Measurements of Environmental Plutonium Using Diffusion in Thin Films

Published on: November 9, 2015

Effects of trace gases and water vapor on the diffusion coefficient of polonium-218

G Frey, P K Hopke, J J Stukel

    Science (New York, N.Y.)
    |January 30, 1981
    PubMed

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