High Temperature Creep Behaviour of β′-Si3N4/α-YSiAlON Ceramics

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1647-1654

  Bernard Granger, G ^a,d   Crampon, J ^b   Duclos, R ^b   Cales, B ^c  

^a SAINT GOBAIN RECHERCHE   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c ZI no 1   (France)

^d Norton Desmarquest Fine Ceramics   (France)

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EID: 0001708384     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0955-2219(97)00008-3     Document Type: Article

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