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  • Effect of Reinforcement Particle Size on the Properties of Neutron-Absorbing High Thermal Conductivity Aluminum Matrix Composites

  • Eun-Seo Cho*, **, Min-Woo Kang*, Min-Su Kim*, Donghyun Lee*, Junghwan Kim*, Seungmun Jung***, Young-Bum Chun***, Sang-Bok Lee*, Yangdo Kim**, Seungchan Cho*†

  • * Composites & Convergence Materials Research Division, Korea Institute of Materials Science, Changwon, Korea
    ** School of Materials Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea
    *** Materials Safety Technology Research Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon, Korea

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Correspondence to

  • Seungchan Cho

  • Composites & Convergence Materials Research Division, Korea Institute of Materials Science, Changwon, Korea

  • E-mail: sccho@kims.re.kr