In situ synchrotron radiation monitoring of phase transitions during microwave heating of Al-Cu-Fe alloys

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 170-175

  Vaucher, Sébastien ^a   Nicula, Radu ^a,b   Català Civera, José Manuel ^c   Schmitt, Bernd ^d   Patterson, Bruce ^d  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE HEATING; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POWDER METALS; QUASICRYSTALS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

ULTRAFAST HEATING; WIDE-ANGLE SYNCHROTRON RADIATION DIFFRACTION;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 38649099984     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2008.0009     Document Type: Article

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