Dispersion, slip casting and reaction nitridation of silicon-silicon carbide mixtures

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2145-2153

  Ramachandra Rao, R ^a   Roopa, H N ^a   Kannan, T S ^a  

^a SURFACE ENGINEERING DIVISION   (India)

Author keywords

Nitridation; Si.; SiC; Slip casting; Suspensions

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; CASTING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION; SILICON CARBIDE; SILICON NITRIDE; SLURRIES; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

NITRIDATION; SLIP CASTING;

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0000401046     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0955-2219(99)00019-9     Document Type: Article

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