Topological and metrical aspects of normal and abnormal grain growth

Grain growth theories normally describe a grain using the concept of ‘grain radius’. However, this assumption bypasses all topological information relating to the grain, viz., the number of its faces, edges, etc. This study, by contrast, introduces a new methodology, treating normal and abnormal gra...

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Main Authors: Paulo Rangel Rios, Martin Eden Glicksman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Metalurgia e Materiais (ABM); Associação Brasileira de Cerâmica (ABC); Associação Brasileira de Polímeros (ABPol) 2007-12-01
Series:Materials Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-14392007000400009