Metastable structures in Al thin films before the onset of corrosion pitting as observed using liquid cell transmission electron microscopy

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 462-468

  Chee, See Wee ^a,c   Duquette, David J ^a   Ross, Frances M ^b   Hull, Robert ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Hummingbird Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

aluminum; corrosion; in situ electron microscopy; pitting; thin films

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899483446     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927614000221     Document Type: Article

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