Arc erosion behavior of Cu-15%Nb and Cu-15%Cr in situ composites

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Volumn 203-204, Issue , 1997, Pages 36-45

  Liu, P ^a   Bahadur, S ^b,f,g,h   Verhoeven, J D ^c,h   Gibson, E D ^c   Kristiansen, M ^d,i   Donaldson, A ^e  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Texas Tech University   (United States)

^e University in Greenville   (United States)

^f IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

ⁱ TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arc erosion; High energy; Low energy

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DETERIORATION; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; EROSION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MELTING; NIOBIUM; OXIDATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WEAR OF MATERIALS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ARC EROSION; IN SITU COMPOSITES;

COPPER;

COPPER; EROSION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0031103970     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1648(96)07394-2     Document Type: Article

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