Steel industry material defects

A major application of X-ray diffiaction analysis has been the study of defects in metals, alloys, ceramics, and other materials. These studies can be done more quickly and efficiently, and methods have become so refined that they can be applied to defects in nanocrystalhne materials. Although the use of dif-haction techniques in such industries as aerospace, iron, and steel is well known, not-so-weU known is their use in the manufacture of such common household products as cleansers. Diffraction techniques... 

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