Analysis of clustering in Al-Mg-Si alloy by density spectrum analysis of atom probe data

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 701-705

  Wanderka, N ^a   Lazarev, N ^b   Chang, C S T ^a   Banhart, J ^a  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b KHARKOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Al Mg Si alloys; Atom probe tomography; Clusters; Precipitates; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ATOMS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PRECIPITATES; PROBES; SILICON; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AL-MG-SI ALLOYS; ARBITRARY NUMBER; ATOM PROBE TOMOGRAPHY; ATOMIC FRACTIONS; CLUSTER FORMATIONS; CLUSTERS; DENSITY DISTRIBUTION METHOD; NEAREST-NEIGHBOUR DISTRIBUTION;

SILICON ALLOYS;

ALLOY; ALUMINUM; MAGNESIUM; SILICON;

AGING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOM PROBE TOMOGRAPHY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; FRACTIONATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 80052517407     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: 18792723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2010.11.022     Document Type: Article

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