Nanoengineering opens a new era for tungsten as well

JOM

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 40-44

  Wei, Q ^a   Ramesh, K T ^b   Schuster, B E ^c   Kecskes, L J ^c   Dowding, R J ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); METAL MELTING; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

HIGH MELTING POINT; MASS DENSITY; NANOENGINEERED TUNGSTEN; NANOENGINEERING; TUNGSTEN PROPERTIES;

TUNGSTEN;

EID: 33748893783     PISSN: 10474838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11837-006-0081-1     Document Type: Article

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