Room temperature mechanical properties of polycrystalline YbAl3, a promising low temperature thermoelectric material

Intermetallics

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 15-24

  Schmidt, Robert D ^a   Case, Eldon D ^a   Lehr, Gloria J ^a   Morelli, Donald T ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Aluminides, miscellaneous; B. Elastic properties; B. Mechanical properties at ambient temperature

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE SPEED; ALUMINIDES , MISCELLANEOUS; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; LOW TEMPERATURES; MEAN-GRAIN SIZE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AT AMBIENT TEMPERATURE; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; POISSON'S RATIO; POLYCRYSTALLINE; POLYCRYSTALLINE SPECIMEN; POROSITY DEPENDENCE; RESONANT ULTRASOUND SPECTROSCOPY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; THERMOELECTRIC APPLICATION; THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL; THERMOELECTRIC MODULES; VICKERS INDENTATION; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

ACOUSTICS; DEBYE TEMPERATURE; ELASTIC MODULI; HOT PRESSING; POROSITY; THERMOELECTRICITY;

TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84871127379     PISSN: 09669795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intermet.2012.11.019     Document Type: Article

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