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Technical Papers

Tantalum, Titanium, and Zirconium Neutron Total Cross-Section Measurements from 0.4 to 25 MeV

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Pages 903-915 | Received 10 Sep 2018, Accepted 13 Jan 2019, Published online: 01 Mar 2019

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