Alternative methods for determination of composition and porosity in abradable materials

Materials Characterization

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-29

  Matějíček, Jiří ^a   Kolman, Blahoslav ^a   Dubský, Jiří ^a   Neufuss, Karel ^a   Hopkins, Noel ^b   Zwick, Jochen ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLASMA PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b ROLLS ROYCE PLC   (United Kingdom)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abradable coatings; Composition; Plasma spraying; Porosity; Structure

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; COMPOSITION; MICROANALYSIS; PLASMA SPRAYING; POROSITY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ABRADABLE COATINGS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; MATERIALOGRAPHY; STRUCTURE;

SPRAYED COATINGS;

EID: 33745052133     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2005.12.004     Document Type: Article

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