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Some Effects of Electron Irradiation on the Young's Modulus of Graphite

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FOLLOWING detailed investigations1,2 of the changes in the thermal and electrical properties of pure pile graphite after electron irradiation at liquid nitrogen temperature, a similar study has been made of changes in the Young's modulus of this material.

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GOGGIN, P. Some Effects of Electron Irradiation on the Young's Modulus of Graphite. Nature 199, 367–368 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/199367a0

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