Defect annihilation at grain boundaries in alpha-Fe

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Chen, Di ^a   Wang, Jing ^b   Chen, Tianyi ^a   Shao, Lin ^a,b  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; RADIATION; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

HUMANS; IRON; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; RADIATION; RADIATION EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES;

EID: 84875848029     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01450     Document Type: Article

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