Optical anisotropy of a color-etched AZ91 magnesium alloy

Materials Characterization

Volumn 54, Issue 4-5, 2005, Pages 315-326

  Maltais, A ^a   Dube D ^a   Roy, F ^a   Fiset, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Birefringence; Color etching; Magnesium aluminum alloys; Microstructure

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BINARY ALLOYS; BIREFRINGENCE; COLOR; DEPOSITION; DRYING; ELLIPSOMETRY; ETCHING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MICROSCOPES; MICROSTRUCTURE;

COLOR ETCHING; ELLIPSOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; MAGNESIUM-ALUMINUM ALLOYS; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY;

MAGNESIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 17544383505     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2004.04.011     Document Type: Article

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