Effect of impurities on structural, cohesive and magnetic properties of grain boundaries in α-Fe

Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Wachowicz, E ^a   Kiejna, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FE ATOMS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; IMPURITY ATOMS; INTERPLANAR SPACINGS; INTERSTITIAL IMPURITIES; INTERSTITIAL SITES; NONMETALLIC IMPURITIES; SUBSTITUTIONAL IMPURITIES;

ATOMS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

IMPURITIES;

EID: 79952680782     PISSN: 09650393     EISSN: 1361651X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0965-0393/19/2/025001     Document Type: Article

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