Transmitted light microscopy of a fibre reinforced metal

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 8-12

  Moser, B ^a,b,c   Rossoll, A ^a   Weber, L ^a   Beffort, O ^b   Mortensen, A ^a  

^a Laboratory of Mechanical Metallurgy Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alumina fibre reinforced aluminium; Fibre fracture; Fibre reinforcement; Metal matrix composites; Metallography; Transmitted light microscopy

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FIBERS; FRACTURE; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; MICROSTRUCTURE;

A.FIBRES; ALUMINA FIBER; ALUMINA FIBER REINFORCED ALUMINUM; FIBER FRACTURE; FIBER REINFORCED ALUMINUM; FIBER REINFORCEMENT (E); MATRIX COMPOSITE; METAL MATRIX; METAL MATRIX COMPOSITE; TRANSMITTED LIGHT MICROSCOPY;

ALUMINUM OXIDE;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM OXIDE; METAL;

ARTICLE; AUTOMETALLOGRAPHY; DEVICE; FIBER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THICKNESS;

EID: 0037242011     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2003.01097.x     Document Type: Article

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