Measuring the thickness of aluminum alloy thin foils using electron energy loss spectroscopy

Materials Characterization

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 329-343

  Bardal, A ^a   Lie, K ^b  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOYING ELEMENTS; ALUMINUM FOIL; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON SCATTERING; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CONVERGENT BEAM ELECTRON DIFFRACTION;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0034156529     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1044-5803(99)00072-8     Document Type: Article

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