Thermodynamic properties and phase stability of nanocrystalline metals

Rare Metals

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 582-586

  Song, Xiaoyan ^a   Li, Lingmei ^a   Zhang, Jiuxing ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Metal nanocrystals; Nano scale effect; Phase transformation; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

BALL MILLING; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); METALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; STABILITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMICS;

NANOCRYSTALLINE METALS; PHASE STABILITY; PHASE TRANSFORMATION; SINGLE-PHASE METAL NANOCRYSTALS;

COBALT;

EID: 33751075471     PISSN: 10010521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0521(06)60103-4     Document Type: Article

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