Theoretical structure determination of a complex material: κ-Al2O3

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1365-1380

  Yourdshahyan, Yashar ^a   Ruberto, Carlo ^a   Halvarsson, Mats ^a   Bengtsson, Lennart ^a   Langer, Vratislav ^a   Lundqvist, Bengt I ^a   Ruppi, Sakari ^b   Rolander, Ulf ^c  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SECO TOOLS AB   (Sweden)

^c AB Sandvik Coromant   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL BONDS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL GROWTH; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; IONIC CONDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

METASTABLE MATERIALS; THEORETICAL FIRST PRINCIPLES TECHNIQUES;

ALUMINA;

EID: 0032647471     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1999.tb01926.x     Document Type: Article

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