Quantitative evaluation of the quality of the cuts performed on mullite-alumina by Nd:YAG laser

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 327-340

  Quintero, F ^a   Pou, J ^a   Lusquinos F ^a   Boutinguiza, M ^a   Soto, R ^a   Perez Amor M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; HEAT AFFECTED ZONE; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSULATING MATERIALS; LASER BEAM CUTTING; LASERS; NEODYMIUM; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SHEARING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; VAPORIZATION;

CHEMICAL STABILITY; INHERENT PROPERTIES; MULLITE-ALUMINA; STRUCTURED ELEMENTS;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 2142810172     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2003.10.001     Document Type: Article

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