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We have performed thermal expansion and compressibility measurements on the recently discovered superconducting material NaxCoO2*4xD2O (x=1/3) using neutron powder diffraction over the temperature range 10-295 K and the pressure range 0-0.6…
The structure and morphology of polymers are significantly altered upon exposure to high energy gamma irradiation. The present investigation reports the influence of such irradiation of doses in the range of 1 - 30 kGy on the particle size…
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