Electron beam-Assisted healing of nanopores in magnesium alloys

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zheng, He ^a   Liu, Yu ^a   Cao, Fan ^a   Wu, Shujing ^a   Jia, Shuangfeng ^a   Cao, Ajing ^b   Zhao, Dongshan ^a   Wang, Jianbo ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

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EID: 84905187454     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01920     Document Type: Article

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