Chromatic aberrations in the field evaporation behavior of small precipitates

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 561-570

  Marquis, Emmanuelle A ^a,b   Vurpillot, Francois ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c Site Universitaire Du Madrillet   (France)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Alloys; Atom probe tomography; Precipitates

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; ALUMINUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

ALLOYS; ALUMINUM; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 55749091143     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927608080793     Document Type: Article

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