Influence of Grain Size on the Toughness and Thermal Shock Resistance of Polycrystalline YBa2Cu3O7-δ

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 687-694

  Osterstock, F ^a   Monot, I ^b   Desgardin, G ^b   Mordike, B L ^a  

^a CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

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EID: 0012595208     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0955-2219(95)00190-5     Document Type: Article

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