Surface Oxidation of TiNiSn (Half-Heusler) Alloy by Oxygen and Water Vapor
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Surface Characterization and Segregation
3.2. The Interaction with O2 at Room Temperature
3.3. The Interaction with O2 at 1000 K
3.4. The Interaction with H2O at RT and 1000 K
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Appel, O.; Cohen, S.; Beeri, O.; Shamir, N.; Gelbstein, Y.; Zalkind, S. Surface Oxidation of TiNiSn (Half-Heusler) Alloy by Oxygen and Water Vapor. Materials 2018, 11, 2296. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11112296
Appel O, Cohen S, Beeri O, Shamir N, Gelbstein Y, Zalkind S. Surface Oxidation of TiNiSn (Half-Heusler) Alloy by Oxygen and Water Vapor. Materials. 2018; 11(11):2296. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11112296
Chicago/Turabian StyleAppel, Oshrat, Shai Cohen, Ofer Beeri, Noah Shamir, Yaniv Gelbstein, and Shimon Zalkind. 2018. "Surface Oxidation of TiNiSn (Half-Heusler) Alloy by Oxygen and Water Vapor" Materials 11, no. 11: 2296. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11112296