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Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators
HoSung Lee, PhD
Western Michigan University
2/13/2017
Plutonium-238
Holgate et al. (2016)
Hammel et al. (2016)
Hammel et al. (2016)
Woerner (2016)
Woerner (2016)
Holgate et al. (2014)
Zakrajsek et al. (2016)
Khajepour and Rahmani (2017)
Khajepour and Rahmani (2017)
Rowe (1995)-CRC handbook
Radioactive isotope of plutonium 238 with a half-life of about 87 years and is a very powerful alpha ray emitter
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