Energy requirements for ablation or decomposition of ceramics during CO2 and Nd:YAG laser machining

Journal of Laser Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 212-218

  Zhang, Z ^a   Modest, M F ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramics; Laser cutting; Laser drilling; Materials processing; Materials properties; Measurement techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004838227     PISSN: 1042346X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2351/1.521854     Document Type: Article

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