Experimental evidence for the development of bimodal grain size distributions by the nucleation-limited coarsening mechanism

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 211-216

  Sano, Tomoko ^a,b,c   Rohrer, Gregory S ^a,b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIMODAL GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; COARSENING THEORY; SINGULAR SURFACES;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; NUCLEATION; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CRYSTAL GROWTH;

EID: 33846134747     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2006.01327.x     Document Type: Article

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