Nanoscale lead and noble gas inclusions in aluminum: Structures and properties

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 64, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 356-372

  Johnson, Erik ^a,b,d   Andersen, Hans Henrik ^a   Dahmen, Ulrich ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Edge energies and crystal shapes; Grain boundary inclusion; Magic sizes; Pressurized noble gas inclusions; Superheating and premelting; Transmission electron microscopy; Wulff construction

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BINARY ALLOYS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INCLUSIONS; INERT GASES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; STRAIN;

CRYSTAL SHAPES; EDGE ENERGY; EDGE ENERGY AND CRYSTAL SHAPE; GAS INCLUSIONS; GRAIN BOUNDARY INCLUSION; GRAIN-BOUNDARIES; MAGIC SIZE; PRE-MELTING; PRESSURIZED NOBLE GAS INCLUSION; SUPERHEATING AND PREMELTING; WULFF CONSTRUCTION;

GRAIN BOUNDARIES;

ALLOY; ALUMINUM; INERT GAS; LEAD; NANOPARTICLE;

ANISOTROPY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; IMAGING; MELTING POINT; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLUBILITY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 9744261017     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20097     Document Type: Review

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