The Precession Technique in Electron Diffraction and Its Application to Structure Determination of Nano-Size Precipitates in Alloys

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 16-20

  Gjonnes J ^a   Hansen, V ^b   Kverneland, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aluminum alloys; Crystal structure; Electron diffraction; Precession technique

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; ALUMINUM; MAGNESIUM; ZINC;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; PRECIPITATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALLOYS; ALUMINUM; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MAGNESIUM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PRECIPITATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC;

EID: 1442314358     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927604040279     Document Type: Conference Paper

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