Oxygen diffusion hardening of Ti-Nb-Zr alloys

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-197

  Poggie, R A ^a   Kovacs, P ^a   Davidson, J A ^a  

^a Smith and Nephew Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; HARDENING; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); OXYGEN; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SURFACES; TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZIRCONIUM;

KNOOP AND NANO HARDNESS MEASUREMENTS; OXYGEN DIFFUSION HARDENING; RECIPROCAL POLARIZATION RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; TITANIUM NIOBIUM ZIRCONIUM;

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0030105163     PISSN: 10426914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10426919608947472     Document Type: Article

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