Kinetics of weight changes and morphological developments during oxidation of pressureless sintered β-SIALONS

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 17, Issue 15-16, 1997, Pages 1901-1909

  Ramesh, R ^a   Byrne, P ^a   Hampshire, S ^a   Pomeroy, M J ^a  

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EID: 0001370427     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0955-2219(97)00087-3     Document Type: Article

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