Element 92 – Uranium

Jack Harrowfield; Pierre Thuéry

doi:10.1071/CH19094

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Element 92 – Uranium

Jack Harrowfield ^A ^C and Pierre Thuéry ^B

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^A ISIS, Université de Strasbourg, 8 allée Gaspard Monge, 67083 Strasbourg, France.

^B NIMBE, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.

^C Corresponding author. Email: harrowfield@unistra.fr

Australian Journal of Chemistry 72(5) 329-333 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH19094
Submitted: 25 February 2019 Accepted: 27 February 2019 Published: 14 March 2019

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