Estimation of true dihedral angles and relative grain boundary energies in polycrystals using the disector

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 62-66

  Chhabra, S ^a   Sangal, S ^a   Mungole, M N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Digital image processing; Dihedral angle; Disector; Grain boundary energy; Polycrystal; Triple junction

Indexed keywords

DIHEDRAL ANGLE; GEOMETRY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; POLYCRYSTALS; PROBES;

AUTOMATED IMAGE PROCESSING; DISECTOR; GRAIN BOUNDARY PLANE; GRAIN-BOUNDARY ENERGY; MEASUREMENTS OF; SERIAL SECTIONING; SIMPLE++; THREE DIMENSIONAL PROBES; TRIPLE JUNCTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

STAINLESS STEEL;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CRYSTAL; DISSECTOR; ENERGY; EVALUATION; GEOMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING; MECHANICAL PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; STATISTICS; TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 3042636112     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-2720.2004.01349.x     Document Type: Article

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