Toward inexpensive superhard materials: Tungsten tetraboride-based solid solutions

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 134, Issue 51, 2012, Pages 20660-20668

  Mohammadi, Reza ^a   Xie, Miao ^a   Lech, Andrew T ^a   Turner, Christopher L ^a   Kavner, Abby ^a   Tolbert, Sarah H ^a   Kaner, Richard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED LOADS; ARC-MELTING; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; HARDNESS VALUES; HIGH-PRESSURE XRD; MICRO INDENTATION; PHASE PURITY; PRESSURE-INDUCED PHASE TRANSITION; PURE ELEMENTS; REFRACTORY COMPOUNDS; SOLUBILITY LIMITS; SUPERHARD MATERIAL; XRD;

BORIDES; CHROMIUM; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; HARDNESS; SOLID SOLUTIONS; TANTALUM; TRANSITION METALS; TUNGSTEN; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

MANGANESE;

CHROMIUM; MANGANESE; TANTALUM; TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE; TUNGSTEN TETRABORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HARDNESS; PHASE TRANSITION; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SOLID; SYNTHESIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84871559996     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja308219r     Document Type: Article

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