Structural and electrical properties of Ti doped α-Fe2O3

Science of Sintering

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 281-292

  Nikolic, M V ^a   Sekulic, D L ^b   Nikolic, N ^a   Slankamenac, M P ^b   Aleksic, O S ^a   Danninger, H ^c   Halwax, E ^c   Pavlovic, V B ^d   Nikolic, P M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL SCIENCES   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Electric properties; Scanning electron microscopy; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893417241     PISSN: 0350820X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/SOS1303281N     Document Type: Article

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