Anisotropic mechanical properties of ultra-incompressible, hard osmium diboride

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1797-1801

  Chung, Hsiu Ying ^a   Yang, J M ^a   Tolbert, S H ^a   Kaner, R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; BORIDES; BORON; INERT GASES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METALS; NONMETALS; SMELTING;

ANISOTROPIC MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ARC-MELTING; ARGON ATMOSPHERES; DIBORIDE; HARD MATERIALS; HIGH-ELECTRON-DENSITY;

OSMIUM;

EID: 48949107749     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2008.0221     Document Type: Article

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