Morphology of corrosion pits in aluminum thin film metallizations

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 150-155

  Proost, Joris ^a   Baklanov, Michael ^a   Verbeeck, Rita ^a   Maex, Karen ^a  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Fractal; Metallization; Pitting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032365879     PISSN: 14328488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100080050080     Document Type: Article

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