Bernst, R.; Spiegel, M.: Carburisation of Fe-Al alloys at 600°C in flowing CO-H2-H2O gas mixture. In: EUROCORR 2006. EUROCORR 2006, Maastricht, The Netherlands, September 24, 2006 - September 28, 2006. (2006)
Bernst, R.; Spiegel, M.; Schneider, A.: Metal dusting of iron aluminium alloys. Discussion Meeting on the Development of Innovative Iron Aluminium Alloys, MPIE Düsseldorf, Germany (2004)
Schneider, A.; Zhang, J.; Bernst, R.; Inden, G.: Thermodynamics and kinetics of phase transformations during metal dusting of iron and iron-based alloys. CALPHAD XXXIII, Krakow, Poland (2004)
Bernst, R.; Spiegel, M.: Carburisation of Fe–Al alloys at 1000°C in flowing CO-H2-H2O gas mixture. 3rd Discussion Meeting on the Development of Innovative Iron Aluminium Alloys, Mettmann, Germany (2006)
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