Detection of minor crystalline phases in alumina ceramics using synchrotron radiation diffraction

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2941-2944

  Latella, Bruno A ^a,c   O'Connor, Brian H ^a,b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; IMPURITIES; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

PHASE PURITY;

ALUMINA;

EID: 0031277182     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1997.tb03216.x     Document Type: Article

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