This book presents a physical approach to the diffraction phenomenon and its applications
in materials science. An historical background to the discovery of X-ray diffraction is first …

The directional coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of intermetallics in electronic
interconnections is a key thermophysical property that is required for microstructure-level …

This publication presents new advances in the field of refractories characterization. These
laboratory methods that combine experiments and numerical analyses and concern both the …

Kaolinite and muscovite are major clay mineral phases found in the raw materials used for
tile and brick production. As phyllosilicates, the crystal structures are layered yielding …

Samples of pyrophyllite material from a deposit in south Morocco were characterized in
order to assess their possible applications. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and high-resolution …

A deep understanding of the solid-state phase transition processes of zirconia is a
mandatory requirement for the development of new zirconia-based materials useful for many …

The construction of peak intensity, profile and displacement aberration functions based on
the geometry of a powder diffraction measurement allows for physically realistic corrections …

With the use of reference polycrystalline 6h-Al 2 O 3 (NIST SRM-1976) and MoO 3 samples
we consider the most significant geometric and physical factors affecting the accuracy of X …

This study investigates the influence of substrate (AISI M42 tool steel) bias voltage (from− 30
to− 80 V), on the mechanical properties of magnetron sputtered TiSiN coating derived from …

A sol–gel process for TeO2 thin layers synthesis was developed, including the tailoring of
the tellurium alkoxide reactivity, their preparation by dip-coating and the effects of heat …