Study of changes in composition and EELS ionization edges upon Ni4Ti3 precipitation in a NiTi alloy

Micron

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 503-507

  Yang, Zhiqing ^a   Schryvers, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Composition; EELS; EFTEM; ELNES; NiTi

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; COMPOSITION; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; IONIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AUSTENITE MATRIX; CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; EFTEM; ELNES; NITI;

NICKEL ALLOYS;

EID: 33744923738     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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