Early stages of diamond-film formation on cobalt-cemented tungsten carbide

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1429-1435

  Polini, Riccardo ^a   Le Normand, François ^a,b   Marcheselli, Giancarlo ^a,c   Traversa, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c Fabbrica Italiana Leghe Metalliche   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COBALT COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; DISSOLUTION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; ETCHING; EVAPORATION; FILM PREPARATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

AVRAMI KINETICS; COBALT CEMENTED TUNGSTEN CARBIDE;

DIAMOND FILMS;

EID: 0032628815     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1999.tb01935.x     Document Type: Article

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