On the field evaporation behavior of a model Ni-Al-Cr superalloy studied by picosecond pulsed-laser atom-probe tomography

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 571-580

  Zhou, Yang ^a   Booth Morrison, Christopher ^a   Seidman, David N ^a,b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nickel based superalloys; Post ionization; Preferential evaporation; Pulsed laser atom probe tomography

Indexed keywords

EID: 55749111963     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927608080963     Document Type: Article

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