Planetary milling parameters optimization for the production of ZnO nanocrystalline

International Journal of Physical Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 2721-2729

  Lemine, O M ^a,b   Louly, M A ^c   Al Ahmari, A M ^c  

^a AL IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY IMSIU   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Milling; Neural network; Optimization; ZnO

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751522895     PISSN: 19921950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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