On the interest of synchrotron X-ray imaging for the study of solidification in metallic alloys

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 237-245

  Nguyen Thi, Henri ^a   Salvo, Luc ^b   Mathiesen, Ragnvald H ^c   Arnberg, Lars ^c   Billia, Bernard ^a   Suery, Michel ^b   Reinhart, Guillaume ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alloys; Microstructure; Radiography; Solidification; Synchrotron; Tomography; Topography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858298001     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2011.11.010     Document Type: Short Survey

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