XRCT characterisation of Ti particles inside porous Al2O 3

Materials Characterization

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 653-660

  Vasic S ^a,b   Grobety B ^a   Kuebler, J ^b   Graule, T ^b   Baumgartner, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Data reliability; MMC; Particle distribution; Spheroidicity; X ray tomography

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISATION; CONVENTIONAL LASERS; CORRECTIVE MEASURES; DATA RELIABILITY; FE-BASED ALLOYS; IMAGE EDITING; KEY PARAMETERS; MARCHING CUBE; PARTICLE DISTRIBUTIONS; POROUS AL; POWDER COMPACTS; RANDOM STATE; TI PARTICLES; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY;

IMAGING SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 77955226951     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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