Origin of the selective Cr oxidation in CoCr alloy surfaces

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2343-2348

  Zimmermann, Janina ^a,b   Colombi Ciacchi, Lucio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MECHANICS OF MATERIALS IWM   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCED MATERIALS IFAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY SURFACES; AMORPHOUS OXIDES; ATOMIC LAYER; CHROMIUM OXIDATION; CO-CR ALLOYS; COOPERATIVE INTERACTIONS; CR ATOMS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; METAL ALLOYS; OUTWARD DIFFUSION; OXIDATION STAGES; OXIDIZING ENVIRONMENTS; OXYGEN ATOM; SELECTIVE OXIDATION; VACANCY FORMATION;

ALLOYS; ATOMS; CERIUM ALLOYS; COBALT; COBALT ALLOYS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN;

CHROMIUM;

EID: 77955347747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz1007164     Document Type: Article

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