Grain size distribution of nanocrystalline systems

Powder Diffraction

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 353-358

  Scardi, Paolo ^a   Leoni, Matteo ^a   Lamas, Diego G ^b   Cabanillas, Edgardo D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b Instituto de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas de Las Fuerzas Armadas   (Argentina)

^c CENTRO ATÓMICO CONSTITUYENTES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ceria zirconia; Domain size distribution; Line profile analysis; Nanocrystalline materials; Powder diffraction

Indexed keywords

CERIA-ZIRCONIA; CRYSTALLINE DOMAINS; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; LINE PROFILE ANALYSIS; NANOCRYSTALLINE SYSTEMS; NANOCRYSTALLINES; POWDER DIFFRACTION; WHOLE POWDER PATTERN MODELING;

DIFFRACTION; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE;

EID: 29144478602     PISSN: 08857156     EISSN: 19457413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1154/1.2135309     Document Type: Article

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