Behavior of oxygen partial pressure over slightly substoichiometric plutonia at 1410/sup 0/K
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Monsanto Research Corporation is charged with processing encapsulated plutonium dioxide heat sources into radioisotopic thermoelectric generators (RTGs) to support deep-space missions. One of the problems associated with the sometimes protracted ground storage of these devices is the ingrowth of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide in the gas phase due to the cyclical reaction established between the fuel (/sup 238/PuO/sub 2/) and the carbon impact body. This ingrowth proceeds according to the tw…
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Date:
August 31, 1982
Creator:
Johnson, E. W.
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