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Title: Sodium mechanics: effects of temperature, strain rate, and grain rotation and implications for sodium metal batteries
Award ID(s):
1751590
NSF-PAR ID:
10328164
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Extreme Mechanics Letters
Volume:
52
Issue:
C
ISSN:
2352-4316
Page Range / eLocation ID:
101644
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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