Effect of sintering temperature on the magnetic properties and charge density distribution of nano-NiO

Chemical Papers

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 788-797

  Saravanakumar, Subramanian ^a   Saravanan, Ramachandran ^a   Sasikumar, Subramanian ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

electron density; MEM; VSM; XRD

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894623199     PISSN: 03666352     EISSN: 13369075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11696-013-0519-1     Document Type: Article

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