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Inadequacy of Thermal Initiation Theory in Interpreting the Results of Fission Fragment Irradiation of Explosives at Elevated Temperatures

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MALLAY, J., PRASK, H. & CERNY, J. Inadequacy of Thermal Initiation Theory in Interpreting the Results of Fission Fragment Irradiation of Explosives at Elevated Temperatures. Nature 203, 473–476 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/203473a0

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