Ex-oxalate magnesium oxide, a strain-free nanopowder studied with diffraction line profile analysis

Powder Diffraction

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 190-199

  Audebrand, Nathalie ^a   Bourgel, Christine ^a   Louer, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Diffraction line broadening analysis; Ex oxalate MgO; Integral breadth method; Nanocrystalline magnesium oxide; Strain free magnesium oxide

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION LINE BROADENING; INTEGRAL BREADTH METHODS; MGO; NANOCRYSTALLINES; STRAIN-FREE;

DIFFRACTION; MAGNESIUM; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OXALIC ACID; PATTERN MATCHING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MAGNESIA;

EID: 33748353418     PISSN: 08857156     EISSN: 19457413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1154/1.2208089     Document Type: Article

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