Chemical analysis of precipitates in metallic alloys using coincidence Doppler broadening of positron annihilation radiation

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 737-742

  Nagai, Y ^a   Tang, Z ^b   Hasegawa, M ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DOPPLER EFFECT; IRON; METAL ANALYSIS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POSITRONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); THERMAL EFFECTS;

COINCIDENCE DOPPLER BROADENING; METALLIC ALLOYS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION RADIATION; THERMAL AGING;

RADIATION CHEMISTRY;

ALLOY; METAL COMPLEX;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY; GAMMA RADIATION; POSITRON; PRECIPITATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0034214143     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(00)00250-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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