Oxidation of Al-Au intermetallics and its consequences studied by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1371-1382

  Sritharan, T ^a   Li, Y B ^a,b   Xu, C ^a   Zhang, S ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; CHARACTERIZATION; INTERMETALLICS; OXIDATION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BINDING ENERGY EMISSIONS; ELEMENTAL CHEMICAL STATE;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 44649167651     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2008.0161     Document Type: Article

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