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The lateral resolution of an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy instrument, which is equipped with a focused X-ray beam, is limited by the nominal X-ray beam diameter and the long tail intensity distri-bution of the X-ray beam. The long tail…
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In this work the electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectra of Al2O3 and ZrO2 powders were measured for different size of grains (0.074, 0.044 mm) as well as the mullites (0.07 and 0.12 mm). Also were investigated the ceramic cores. The…
In this paper, we develop a rigorous formulation of the local stress field. This approach can be used in conjuction with any first-principles method to study stress fields in complex bonded systems. In particular we investigate the induced…