Microstructural characterization of polycrystalline materials by synchrotron X-rays

Frontiers of Materials Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 156-169

  Wang, Leyun ^a   Li, Meimei ^a   Almer, Jonathan ^a   Bieler, Thomas ^b   Barabash, Rozaliya ^c  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

differential aperture X ray microscopy (DAXM); three dimensional X ray diffraction (3DXRD); wide angle small angle X ray scattering (WAXS SAXS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878858760     PISSN: 2095025X     EISSN: 20950268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11706-013-0201-0     Document Type: Review

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