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Analyzing Microstructure by Rietveld Refinement

June 1, 2005
Author(s)
Davor Balzar, N C. Popa
Rietveld refinement has a primary purpose of refining crystal structure. However, this powerful technique is being increasingly used for obtaining microstructural information, such as texture, crystallite size, strain and stress, and crystalline defect

Site Specific X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Using X-Ray Standing Waves

May 26, 2005
Author(s)
Joseph C. Woicik
The x-ray standing wave technique is an experimental method that can accurately determine the precise crystallographic positions of atoms within a crystalline unit cell. As we have seen in preceding chapters of this book, this unique ability arises from

Third Japan-US Workshop on Combinatorial Material Science and Technology

May 16, 2005
Author(s)
Winnie K. Wong-Ng
The Third Japan-US workshop on Combinatorial Material Science and Technology took place at the Loisir Hotel in Naha City on the historical island, Okinawa, Japan, from December 7 to December 10, 2004. This workshop was the third of a series of Japan-US

Improvement in the Low Energy Collection Efficiency of Si(Li) X-Ray Detectors

April 7, 2005
Author(s)
C E. Cox, Daniel A. Fischer, W G. Schwarz, Y Song
Soft X-ray beam-line applications are of fundamental importance to material research, and commonly employ high-resolution Si(Li) detectors for Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy. However, the measurement of X-rays below 1 keV compromised by absorption in the

LEAD-FREE SOLDER DATA: COLLECTION AND DEVELOPMENT

January 10, 2005
Author(s)
Thomas A. Siewert, David R. Smith, Yi-Wen Cheng, Juan C. Madeni, S X. Liu
The rising interest in lead-free solders creates a need for complete property data on the various lead-free solder compositions. Various types of data are available, but are widely dispersed through the literature. To improve the sharing of this important

A Coupled Arc and Droplet Model of GMAW

January 8, 2005
Author(s)
Timothy P. Quinn, M Szanto, T Gilad, I Shai
A model of gas metal arc welding was developed that solves the magneto-hydrodynamic equations for the flow and temperature fields of the molten electrode and the plasma simultaneously, to form a fully coupled model. A commercial finite element code was

McMurdie

December 3, 2004
Author(s)
Alan D. Mighell, Gasper J. Piermarini, Winnie K. Wong-Ng
Howard F. McMurdie - known as Mac to his friends oa colleagues--was an exemplar of good living. Blessed with excellent health, a loving family, and many close colleagues, Mac was active and productive to the very end. It is therefore with the deepest

Size-Strain Line-Broadening Analysis of the Ceria Round-Robin Sample

December 1, 2004
Author(s)
Davor Balzar, N Audebrand, M R. Daymond, A Fitch, A Hewat, J I. Langford, A Le Bail, D Louer, P Masson, Christopher N. McCowan, N Popa, P W. Stephens, B H. Toby
We report the results of a line-broadening study on a ceria sample prepared for a size-strain round robin. The sample was prepared from a recursor hydrated ceria by heating in a silica crucible at 650 C for 45 hours. Another ceria sample wasprepared to

Unusual Multilayered Structures in PEO/Laponite Nanocomposite Films

November 19, 2004
Author(s)
Avinash Dundigalla, Sheng Lin-Gibson, F Ferreiro, M M. Malwitz
The unusual structure of poly-ethylene-oxide and Laponite clay in transparentnanocomposite films was investigated using scanning electron, atomic force, optical microscopy, and X-ray scattering. Each method is sensitive to different aspects of structural

Materials reliability Division FY 2004 Programs and Accomplishments

September 1, 2004
Author(s)
Alan F. Clark
The Materials Reliability Division mission is to develop and disseminate measurement methods and standards enhancing the quality and reliability of materials for industry. We have changed our portfolio of research projects slightly this past year, as we
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