Instrumentation for materials research

NOV 01, 1976

Techniques such as scanning and transmission electron microscopy, Auger spectroscopy, ESCA and others help us to relate the composition and structure of a material to its performance in a desired application.

DOI: 10.1063/1.3024501

Richard S. Claassen

Materials, energy and knowledge together comprise the three basic elements of all industrial activity. Materials as a field of endeavor is not a unified discipline in the traditional sense but is, rather, interdisciplinary, involving several traditional disciplines. The science and technology of materials application have established a community of interest and common purpose for a wide variety of activities, including a significant portion of physics.

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Richard S. Claassen. Sandia Laboratories, Albuquerque.