TEM investigation of forsterite dendrites

American Mineralogist

Volumn 88, Issue 8-9, 2003, Pages 1241-1450

  Faure, François ^a   Trolliard, Gilles ^b   Soulestin, Bernard ^b  

^a Universite Blaise Pascal   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CALCIUM OXIDE; DENDRITES (METALLOGRAPHY); HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MAGNESIA; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; OXIDE MINERALS; SILICA; UNDERCOOLING;

DENDRITIC CRYSTAL; DENDRITIC SOLIDIFICATION; DISSOLUTION-RECRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; DYNAMIC CRYSTALLIZATION; MICROSTRUCTURE CHANGES; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; SPATIAL ORGANIZATION; VERTICAL FURNACES;

OLIVINE;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENDRITE; DISSOLUTION; FORSTERITE; MICROSTRUCTURE; RECRYSTALLIZATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0141638373     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2003-8-907     Document Type: Article

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