Transmission electron microscopy of microstructures in ceramic materials

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 339-351

  Kleebe, Hans Joachim ^a   Braue, Wolfgang ^b   Schmidt, Hans ^a   Pezzotti, Giuseppe ^c   Ziegler, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSIFICATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; MANUFACTURE; MICROANALYSIS; MICROSTRUCTURE; POWDERS; SINTERING; STRUCTURAL CERAMICS;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NON OXIDE CERAMICS; SILICON NITRIDES;

TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0029766496     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0955-2219(95)00174-3     Document Type: Article

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