Microstructural investigation of the oxide scale on Zr-2.5Nb and its interface with the alloy substrate

Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings

Volumn 550, Issue , 1999, Pages 337-342

  Benezra, V ^a   Mangin, S ^a   Treska, M ^a   Spector, M ^b   Hunter, G ^c   Hobbs, L W ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Smith and Nephew Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); JOINT PROSTHESES; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; NIOBIUM; OXIDATION; OXIDES; STRESSES; SUBSTRATES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALLOY SUBTRATE; INTERFACE ZONE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 0032591366     PISSN: 02729172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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