Metal foaming investigated by X-ray radioscopy

Metals

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-21

  Garcia Moreno, Francisco ^a,b   Mukherjee, Manas ^a,b   Jiménez, Catalina ^a,b   Rack, Alexander ^c   Banhart, John ^a,b  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

Metal foam; Radioscopy; Synchrotron radiation; X ray

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875175555     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20754701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/met2010010     Document Type: Review

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