Microhardness of osmium borides, carbides, and nitrides

Inorganic Materials: Applied Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 319-322

  Ivanovskii, A L ^a  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Carbides; Microhardness; Nitrides; Numerical estimations; Osmium borides

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION DEPENDENCE; DIBORIDES; EXTERNAL PRESSURES; NUMERICAL ESTIMATION; VICKERS;

BORIDES; CARBIDES; MICROHARDNESS; NITRIDES; OSMIUM COMPOUNDS; STOICHIOMETRY;

OSMIUM;

EID: 84870931182     PISSN: 20751133     EISSN: 2075115X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S2075113312040065     Document Type: Article

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