An investigation into microstructure and particle distribution of Ni-P/diamond composite thin films

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 283-291

  Bozzini, B ^a   Giovannelli, G ^a   Cavallotti, P L ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

amorphous thin films; applied stereology; autocatalytic chemical deposition; diamond; grain boundary pinning; hard coatings; image analysis; metal matrix composites; Ni P; particle size distribution; preferential co deposition; SEM; wear resistant coatings

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; COMPOSITE COATINGS; DEPOSITION; DIAMONDS; HARD COATINGS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METAL ANALYSIS; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; MICROSTRUCTURE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THIN FILMS;

AMORPHOUS THIN FILMS; APPLIED STEREOLOGY; AUTOCATALYTIC; AUTOCATALYTIC CHEMICAL DEPOSITION; CHEMICAL DEPOSITION; CODEPOSITION; GRAIN BOUNDARY PINNING; GRAIN-BOUNDARIES; HARDER COATINGS; IMAGE-ANALYSIS; MATRIX COMPOSITE; METAL MATRIX; METAL MATRIX COMPOSITE; NI-P; PARTICLES-SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; PREFERENTIAL CO-DEPOSITION; STEREOLOGY; WEAR-RESISTANT COATING;

GRAIN BOUNDARIES;

NICKEL;

CONFERENCE PAPER; FILM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0030933612     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1997.d01-615.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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