Size Distribution of Ni Precipitates in Ag-Ni Alloys Determined by Maximum Entropy Analysis of Ultra-High Field Magnetization Curves

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 3814-3816

  Zolla, Howard G ^a   Spaepen, Frans ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETOMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMAGNETISM; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SILVER ALLOYS; SUPERSATURATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ELECTRON BEAM COEVAPORATION; LANGEVIN FUNCTIONS; MAXIMUM ENTROPY METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE DEPENDENT SPONTANEOUS MAGNETIZATION;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0029403703     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.489781     Document Type: Article

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