Sintering behaviour of precursor mullite powders and resultant microstructures

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 627-635

  Kara, F ^a,b   Little, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 0001457210     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0955-2219(95)00179-4     Document Type: Article

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