Spontaneous room temperature extrusion of Pb nano-whiskers from leaded brass surfaces

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1087-1089

  Sun, Z M ^a,b   Barsoum, M W ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRASS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; EXTRUSION; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; LEAD; MELTING; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACES;

HILLOCKS; LEAD WHISKERS; LEAD WHISKERS SPONTANEOUS GROWTH; LEADED BRASS SURFACES;

CRYSTAL WHISKERS;

EID: 29044450806     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/JMR.2005.0149     Document Type: Article

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