Determination of the Active-to-Passive Transition in the Oxidation of Silicon Carbide in Standard and Microwave-Excited Air

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-62

  Balat, Marianne J H ^a  

^a Inst Des Mat et Procedés   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE; OXIDATION; SILICON CARBIDE;

CALCULATIONS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDATION; PRESSURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ACTIVE TO PASSIVE TRANSITION; OXYGEN PARTIAL PRESSURE;

SILICON CARBIDE;

EID: 0029656765     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0955-2219(95)00104-2     Document Type: Article

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